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New Nd³⁺:CaLu₂F₈ laser crystal containing lutetium

A. A. Kaminskii^a, A. V. Butashin^a, L. E. Li^a, D. Jaque^b, S. J. Garsia<sup>b

a</sup> Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Abstract: A new Nd³⁺:CaLu₂F₈ fluoride laser crystal with a disordered structure was produced. A preliminary investigation was made of its absorption and luminescence characteristics, and cw lasing (⁴F_3/2 → ⁴I_11/2 channel) of the Nd³⁺ activator ions was achieved.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.60.Lh, 42.70.Hj, 78.45.+h

Received: 25.03.1999

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1999, 29:5, 375–377

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