Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Growth of Fluoride Laser Crystal Nd3+:LiYF4 by Bridgman Method

CHEN Hong-Bing; FAN Shi-Ji; XU Jia-Yue; FEI Yi-Ting; SUN Ren-Ying   

  1. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:1999-10-21 Revised:2000-01-18 Published:2000-10-20 Online:2000-10-20

Abstract: The growth process of fluoride laser crystal Nd3+: LiYF4 by Bridgman method was reported. By using raw materials treated by fluoridation, and matched with the composition ratio of LiF: YF3=51.5:48.5, a high quality fluoride laser crystal Nd3+: LiYF4 with a large-size of φ25×80 mm was grown under nearly sealed conditions.

Key words: laser crystal, LYF, fluoridation, crystal growth, Bridgman method

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