Crystal growth and phase stability of Ln:Lu2O3 (Ln=Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb) in a higher-temperature hydrothermal regime

Colin D. McMillen; Liurukara D. Sanjeewa; Cheryl A. Moore; David C. Brown; Joseph W. Kolis

doi:10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.12.016

Crystal growth and phase stability of Ln:Lu₂O₃ (Ln=Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb) in a higher-temperature hydrothermal regime

Colin D. McMillen, Liurukara D. Sanjeewa, Cheryl A. Moore, David C. Brown, Joseph W. Kolis

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Abstract

A higher-temperature hydrothermal approach (650–700 °C) has been employed in the crystal growth of Lu₂O₃ and its lanthanide-doped analogs. Carefully controlled thermal gradients of 30° or less were also used to minimize the number of nucleation sites. The resulting crystals exhibit improvements in size and optical clarity over those grown at 600–650 °C. These outcomes are likely also attributed to a greater stability of Lu₂O₃ relative to LuO(OH) at the higher temperature conditions. The doping of Lu₂O₃ single crystals has been extended to encompass all spectroscopically active trivalent rare earth ions. Absorption spectra have been obtained of a wide range of lanthanide-doped Lu₂O₃ single crystals from 80 to 298 K and the spectra of Nd:Lu₂O₃ are reported as a representative example herein.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-150
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Crystal Growth
Volume	452
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2015.12.016
State	Published - Oct 15 2016
Externally published	Yes

Funding

We are grateful to the National Science Foundation ( DMR-1410727 ) for funding and support.

Keywords

A2. Hydrothermal crystal growth
A2. Single crystal growth
B1. Oxides
B1. Rare earth compounds
B3. Solid state lasers

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