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Structural and spectral studies of Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 crystals irradiated by 6.0 MeV O ions

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Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 single crystals are implanted with 6.0 MeV O ions at room temperature. The effects of ion irradiation on the structure and spectral properties are demonstrated by employing X-ray diffraction techniques, high resolution X-ray diffraction techniques and photoluminescence (PL) measurement. The corresponding results show that the sample can retain good crystallinity by irradiation at relative low fluences of 1.6 × 1014 ions/cm2, whilst both the PL intensity and the line bandwidth can be effectively improved.

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This work is supported by “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities” (Grant No. 2015XKMS083) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. U1432120). And also we are grateful to the State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology of Peking University for the help of ion irradiation.

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Jia, CL., Li, S. & Song, XX. Structural and spectral studies of Yb:NaGd(WO4)2 crystals irradiated by 6.0 MeV O ions. Appl. Phys. A 123, 208 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-0810-z

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