Potential candidate for new tunable solid-state laser between 1 and 2μm: Ni2+-doped MgAl2O4 spinel grown by the micro-pulling-down method

Square-shaped blue single crystals of nickel-doped magnesium aluminum spinel have been pulled down from the melt, by the micro-pulling-down method. The absorption spectra of doped samples show three broad absorption bands. According to the absorption map and the chemical analysis of these crystals,...

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Published inOptical materials Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 47 - 49
Main Authors Jouini, Anis, Yoshikawa, Akira, Guyot, Yannick, Brenier, Alain, Fukuda, Tsuguo, Boulon, Georges
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 01.09.2007
Elsevier
Subjects
3d transition metal ion
Absorption
Infrared emission
Micro-pulling-down method
Nickel
Physics
Spinel
Absorption
Spinel
81.10.F
3d transition metal ion
78.40
Micro-pulling-down method
Nickel
Infrared emission
42.55.P, R
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Summary:Square-shaped blue single crystals of nickel-doped magnesium aluminum spinel have been pulled down from the melt, by the micro-pulling-down method. The absorption spectra of doped samples show three broad absorption bands. According to the absorption map and the chemical analysis of these crystals, the effective segregation coefficients of Ni2+ in MgAl2O4 at low doping concentration (CNi〈 2mol%) were calculated to be less than the unity, due to the vaporization behavior of NiO. Strong infrared broad emission in the eye-safe region peaking at 1.3μm have been systematically investigated under high-intensity pulsed Nd:YAG laser excitation in the red region. The suitable absorption for InGaAs laser-diode pumping combined with long decay time of the infrared emissions and the good thermal properties of MgAl2O4 make Ni2+–MgAl2O4 a promising laser crystal.
ISSN:0925-3467
1873-1252
DOI:10.1016/j.optmat.2006.11.027