Energy transfer between Cr3+ and Nd3+ in Cr,Nd: YAP

E. Luria, S. R. Rotman, J. A. Mares, G. Boulon, A. Brenier, L. Lou

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

12 Scopus citations

Abstract

Neodymium-doped yttrium perovskite YAlO3 (YAP) is one of the most important solid state laser crystals. Cr3+ co-doping ions are added to Nd3+ lasing ions in the YAlO3 crystal for an improvement of the pumping efficiency. To understand fully the efficiency of these crystals, we must consider the flow between the various ions. Due to the disorder present in the host lattice, one cannot say that all the donors (ions which absorb the pump light, i.e. Cr3+ in our crystal) or all the acceptors (ions which emit the desired emission, i.e. Nd3+ in our crystals) are in identical sites. Instead we have multi-sites, with a main site being the crystallographic position where most of the dopant ions fall and sub-sites where a lesser (non-negligible) quantity of ions are located. In this paper we analyze data from Cr,Nd:YAP. We will present a new model which covers the transfer of energy to multi-sites.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)951-953
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Luminescence
Volume72-74
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1997

Keywords

  • Acceptor
  • Donor
  • Energy transfer
  • Multi-site structure

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • General Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Energy transfer between Cr3+ and Nd3+ in Cr,Nd: YAP'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this