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GROWTH OF YB3+ DOPED LiNBO3 CRYSTALS USING LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH METHOD

Bariza Boudour1, Youcef Boumaiza1 and Amar Boudour1
  • 1 Laboratory LEAM, Départment of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Badji Mokhtar University Annaba, P.O. Box 12, 23000 Annaba, Algeria

Abstract

The growth of LN single crystals free from defects greatly doped with rare earth elements (RE3+) and having a high optical quality is still an unresolved problem. Always, crystals of the niobate lithium contain a deficiency in lithium causing the appearance of intrinsic defects and thus a doping is required for the homogeneity. Our work was aimed to study the growth of Lithium niobate and their structural characterization, it focusses on congruent to stoichiometric Yb: LiNbO3 (LN) crystals. These crystals were synthesized with different doping concentrations of Yb3+ (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 mol%) by the LHPG method which is faster, less expensive and clean, Three analysis techniques were used: Structural characterization made up 5.0 mol% by X-ray diffraction, Optical Microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy showed that the obtained material is single crystal, good optical quality and homogeneous. As we lnow, the results obtained with doping up to 5% are encouraging. Our approach provides excellent spectroscopic properties of crystals, low self-quenching property and can be used to applications such as solid-state laser.

American Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume 11 No. 5, 2014, 759-763

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.759.763

Submitted On: 1 September 2013 Published On: 17 February 2014

How to Cite: Boudour, B., Boumaiza, Y. & Boudour, A. (2014). GROWTH OF YB3+ DOPED LiNBO3 CRYSTALS USING LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH METHOD. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11(5), 759-763. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2014.759.763

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Keywords

  • Niobates Dielectric Materials
  • Laser Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Crystal Growth From Melts Method