Study of optical properties of crystalline fibers of CVO:nd3+ and CMO: nd3+/nb5+ / Estudo das propriedades ópticas de fibras cristalinas de CVO:Nd3+ e CMO:Nd3+/Nb5

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2003

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The present work release an extensive study of spectroscopic properties on CMO:NdNbO4 and CVO:Nd3+ single crystal fibers, in searching for new laser materials activated with diode laser. The fibers were grown by LHPG (laser Heated Pedestal Growth) technique that permits a fast production of fibers with appropriate dimension for mini laser construction, without the use of crucible, with excellent crystalline quality and low waste of material. For a full optical characterization, it was performed the Judd Ofelt analysis based on the measured absorption spectra as a tool for calibration and interpretation of the experiments of luminescence, stimulated emission (SE), excited-state absorption (ESA) using two different techniques: (a) by the double modulate pump and probe continuous wave technique and (b) by the excited-state excitation (ESE) technique. These results show that both materials have low ESA cross-section values in the main expected laser region 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 of Nd3+ - doped materials (-1070nm). The existence of broad bands in the luminescence and optical absorption spectra and a number of transitions more than expected as observed in the low temperature absorption spectra suggest the existence of multisites in both crystals of CVO:Nd3+ e CMO:NdNbO4. In order to quantify and characterize the multisites of Nd3+ in the samples, experiments were realized of optical excitation, site selective laser excitation and selective luminescence. These experiments shown that CVO:Nd3+ has a large number of different sites and the CMO:NdNbO4 has seven different sites, justifying the broad band behavior observed on the luminescence and optical absorption experiments. The values of absorption cross-sections (σGSA=4,1x10-20cm2 for CVO and σGSA=5,5x10-20cm2 for CMO:NdNbO4) and emission cross-sections (σe=5,5x10-20cm2 for the CMO:NdNbO4 and 13,3x10-20cm2 for CVO:Nd3+) among important laser materials that have multisites properties and a FWHM of absorption at 810nm (ΔλGSA=11nm for CVO and ΔλGSA=11,5nm for CMO) broader than many other active laser medium like YAG:Nd3+ or GGG:Nd3+ suggesting these materials to be on advantage from many others lasers materials using diode laser excitation, justifj4ng the important of the present work and the study of these material.

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fibras cristalinas crystalline fibers propriedades ópticas optical properties cmo:nd3+/nd5+ cvo:nd3+ cvo:nd3+

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