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Yb3+-Activated inorganic aprotic liquids for diode-pumped lasers

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This paper presents experimental data on the solubility of Yb(III) compounds in POCl3–MCl x , SOCl2–MCl x , and SO2Cl2–GaCl3 binary aprotic solvents (where MClx is a Lewis acid). We have measured the absorption and luminescence spectra of Yb3+ in the solutions thus prepared. Liquid POCl3–MCl4–Yb3+ (M = Zr or Sn), SOCl2–GaCl3–Yb3+, and SO2Cl2–GaCl3–Yb3+ gain media with [Yb3+] > 0.2 mol/L and an Yb3+ luminescence quantum yield η > 0.5 for diode-pumped lasers have been prepared for the first time.

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    G. V. Tikhonov, A. S. Babkin, E. A. Seregina & A. A. Seregin

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Original Russian Text © G.V. Tikhonov, A.S. Babkin, E.A. Seregina, A.A. Seregin, 2017, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 1122–1128.

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Tikhonov, G.V., Babkin, A.S., Seregina, E.A. et al. Yb3+-Activated inorganic aprotic liquids for diode-pumped lasers. Inorg Mater 53, 1097–1102 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168517100168

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