Defect structures and optical characteristics of Er3+ ion in Er:LiNbO3 crystals

Yannan Qian; Rui Wang; Biao Wang; Chao Xu; Lili Xing; Yanling Xu

doi:10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.09.039

Defect structures and optical characteristics of Er³⁺ ion in Er:LiNbO₃ crystals

Yannan Qian
, Rui Wang^*
, Biao Wang
, Chao Xu
, Lili Xing
, Yanling Xu

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Materials Science and Engineering

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Abstract

Congruent Er:LiNbO₃ crystals were grown by Czochraski method. The OH^- absorption and UV-vis-near infrared absorption spectra indicated that Er³⁺ cluster sites were formed in LiNbO₃ crystal doped with 3 mol% Er³⁺ ions. Studies on the stokes and anti-stokes spectra showed that the formation of Er³⁺ cluster sites could increase the rate of cross relaxation processes. Judd-Ofelt theory was carried out to discuss the spectral characteristics of Er³⁺ ions in Er:LiNbO₃ crystals. Based on Füchtbauer-Ladenburg and McCumber theory, the emission cross section of the ⁴I_13/2 → ⁴I_15/2 transition of Er³⁺ ion was calculated, and the potential laser performance was evaluated by the gain cross section spectra. Er:LiNbO₃ crystal codoped with Zn²⁺ ions was also grown to discuss the relation between the defect structure and optical characteristics of Er³⁺ ion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-108
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Molecular Structure
Volume	1035
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.09.039
State	Published - 13 Mar 2013

Keywords

Defect structure
Er:LiNbO
Judd-Ofelt, Füchtbauer-Ladenburg and McCumber theory
Near infrared emission spectra
Stokes and anti-stokes luminescence spectra

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