Author Affiliations
1The Key Laboratory of Photonic Devices and Materials, Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China2The Key Laboratory of Photonic Devices and Materials, Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Hefei institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR Chinashow less
Fig. 1. (a) Photograph of the as-grown Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO crystal; (b) <100>, <010>, and <001>-oriented wafers of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO crystal
Fig. 2. XRD patterns of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO single crystal
Fig. 3. Rietveld refinement results from the XRD data of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO crystal
Fig. 4. X-ray rocking curves of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO crystal
Fig. 5. (a) Polarized absorption spectra of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO; (b) Comparization of Polarized absorption spectra of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO and Yb,Ho:GYTO in 850-1100 nm (a, b, c →Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO; a’, b’, c’ →Yb,Ho:GYTO)
Fig. 6. 2.9 μm emission spectrum of Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO crystal
Fig. 7. Fluorescence decay curves. (a) 1204 nm (5I6→5I8); (b) 2068 nm(5I7→5I8)
Fig. 8. Schematic of energy transfer processes among Yb3+, Ho3+, and Pr3+ ions
Atom | X | Y | Z | Wyckoff site | Uiso | Cell parameters: a=5.381 Å, b=11.023 Å, c=5.076 Å, β=95.59°; Cell volume: V=299.68 Å3; Space group: Monoclinic, I2/a (No.15); Density: ρ=8.630 g/cm3; Reliability factors(R-factor): Rp=9.72%, Rwp=7.21%
| Gd | 0.25 | 0.621000 | 0.0 | 4a | 0.025 | Y | 0.25 | 0.621000 | 0.0 | 4a | 0.025 | Yb | 0.25 | 0.621000 | 0.0 | 4a | 0.025 | Ho | 0.25 | 0.621000 | 0.0 | 4a | 0.025 | Pr | 0.25 | 0.621000 | 0.0 | 4a | 0.025 | Ta | 0.25 | 0.145000 | 0.0 | 4a | 0.025 | O1 | 0.094000 | 0.460000 | 0.254000 | 8c | 0.025 | O2 | −0.00700 | 0.717000 | 0.293000 | 8c | 0.025 |
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Table 1. Structural parameters obtained by Rietveld refinement
Element | Starting material (at %) | Crystal (at %) | keff (Cs/C0)
| Yb | 0.05 | 0.0312 | 0.624 | Ho | 0.01 | 0.0122 | 1.220 | Pr | 0.002 | 0.0027 | 1.350 | Y | 0.2 | 0.1953 | 0.977 |
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Table 2. Effective segregation coefficients (keff) of Yb, Ho, Pr, and Y in Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO crystal
Crystals | Emission cross section (10−20 cm2)
| Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO (this work) | 14.4 | Ho:GYTO[25] | 12.6 | Yb,Ho:GYTO[27] | 18.9 | Ho:LaF3[29] | 0.63 | Ho:LuLF[30] | 1.7 | Ho:PbF2[31] | 1.44 |
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Table 3. Comparison of the emission cross section for 2.9 μm in the different Ho3+ doped crystals
Crystal | Ho (5I7)/ms
| Ho (5I6)/ μs
| Yb,Ho:YSGG[[32]] | 10.2 | 585 | Tm,Ho:YAG[[33]] | 11.4 | 40 | Yb,Ho,Pr:YAP[[24]] | 1.258 | 341 | Ho:GYTO[[25]] | 8.081 | 311 | Tm,Ho:GYTO[[26]] | 4.09 | 131 | Yb,Ho,Pr:GYTO (this work) | 0.939 | 376 |
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Table 4. Comparison of the lifetimes of 5I7 and 5I6 in different crystals