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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Phys. Lett.

Keywords

Efficient; Physics; Applied

Abstract

Nd:Sr5(VO4)3Cl has been successfully lased using a Ti:sapphire pump laser operating at 810 nm. A slope efficiency of 52% for the 1.065 mum laser line and a lasing threshold of only a few tens of milliwatts have been measured. These favorable results are comparable to another Nd-doped vanadate apatite, Sr5(VO4)3F. A brief survey of the spectroscopy of Nd3+ in Sr5(VO4)3Cl, Sr5(VO4)3F, and Ca5(VO4)3F reveals properties which suggest the vanadate-based apatite crystals as a whole may represent a useful new class of Nd-laser hosts.

Journal Title

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

65

Issue/Number

10

Publication Date

1-1-1994

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1208

Last Page

1210

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1994PE88000002

ISSN

0003-6951

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