Author, as appears in the article.: Basyrova L; Brasse G; Loiko P; Grygiel C; Solé RM; Aguiló M; Díaz F; Mateos X; Benayad A; Doualan JL; Camy P
Department: Química Física i Inorgànica
URV's Author/s: Aguiló Díaz, Magdalena / Díaz González, Francisco Manuel / Mateos Ferré, Xavier / Solé Cartañà, Rosa Maria
Keywords: Wave-guide laser Thin films Structure Morphology Lithium yttrium fluoride Liquid phase epitaxy thin films structure parameters operation morphology liyf4 lithium yttrium fluoride er3+ er-3+ emission properties
Abstract: Single-crystalline layers of LiYF4, singly doped with Er3+ ions and codoped with Er3+,Gd3+ ions are grown on (001) oriented undoped bulk LiYF4 substrates by Liquid Phase Epitaxy using LiF as a solvent. For the starting composition 73 LiF – 27 REF3 mol% (RE = Y, Er, Gd), the onset of crystallization is about 746 °C. The effect of apparent supercooling on the growth behavior is studied indicating an optimum value of 0.5 °C. Layers of 30–90 μm in thickness are obtained corresponding to a growth rate of 0.8–1.6 ± 0.5 μm/min. The morphology, structure and composition of the layers are studied. The layers exhibit tetragonal structure (sp. gr. I41/a) and small lattice mismatch with respect to the substrate. The segregation coefficient for Er3+ ions is close to unity. Intense mid-infrared luminescence of Er3+ ions at ∼2.8 μm is observed from the layers, which, together with the waveguiding properties, indicates their suitability for waveguide lasers.
Thematic Areas: Spectroscopy Química Physical and theoretical chemistry Physical and theoretical c Organic chemistry Optics Odontología Medicina ii Materials science, multidisciplinary Materials science Materiais Interdisciplinar Inorganic chemistry General computer science Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Electronic, optical and magnetic materials Electrical and electronic engineering Computer science (miscellaneous) Ciências ambientais Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología Biodiversidade Atomic and molecular physics, and optics Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: magdalena.aguilo@urv.cat rosam.sole@urv.cat xavier.mateos@urv.cat f.diaz@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0001-6130-9579 0000-0002-5769-4141 0000-0003-1940-1990 0000-0003-4581-4967
Record's date: 2024-10-19
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925346722006085
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Optical Materials. 132
APA: Basyrova L; Brasse G; Loiko P; Grygiel C; Solé RM; Aguiló M; Díaz F; Mateos X; Benayad A; Doualan JL; Camy P (2022). Liquid phase epitaxy growth and structural characterization of highly-doped Er3+:LiYF4 thin films. Optical Materials, 132(), -. DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112574
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2022.112574
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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