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Growth and spectroscopic characterization of Zr:Fe:LiNbO3 crystals with various Li/Nb ratios

  • Yexia Fan*
  • , Chao Xu
  • , Shixing Xia
  • , Chengxiang Guan
  • , Liangcai Cao
  • , Qingsheng He
  • , Guofan Jin
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin University of Science and Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Normal University
  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

In this paper, Zr:Fe:LiNbO3 crystals with various Li/Nb ratios were grown by the Czochralski method from melts having compositions varying between 48.6 and 58 mol% Li2O. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), inductively coupled plasma optical emission/mass spectrometry (ICP-OE/MS), ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) absorption and the infrared (IR) spectrum were measured and are discussed in terms of the spectroscopic characterization. It was found that as the Li/Nb ratio increases in the melt, the Li/Nb ratio in the crystal also increases, the distribution coefficients of Fe and Zr ions decrease, the absorption edge shifts to a shorter wavelength, and the ZrO2 threshold concentration of the samples decreases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1875-1878
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Crystal Growth
Volume312
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 2010

Keywords

  • A1. Characterization
  • A2. Czochralski method
  • B1. Lithium niobate
  • B2. Photo-refractive materials

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