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Crystal growth, structure, defects, mechanical and spectral properties of Nd0.01:Gd0.89La0.1NbO4 mixed crystal

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A novel mixed laser crystal of Nd:GdLaNbO4 (Nd:GLNO) was grown successfully by conventional Czochralski method. The unit cell parameters were obtained by Rietveld refinement method. The density of the as-grown crystal was measured by Archimedean buoyancy method and calculated in theory. Absorption spectrum of Nd:GLNO crystal was recorded at room temperature, and 11 absorption peaks were assigned. The defects of Nd:GLNO crystal were revealed by using chemical etching method with phosphoric acid as etchant. The mechanical properties (including hardness, yield strength, elastic stiffness constant, fracture toughness and brittleness index) were systemically estimated based on Vickers hardness test. All these obtained results play a quite important role in further investigation of Nd:GLNO crystal.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grants Nos. 51502292, and 61405206), and the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. CXJJ-15M055).

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  1. Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, 230031, Anhui Province, People’s Republic of China

    Shoujun Ding, Qingli Zhang, Jianqiao Luo, Wenpeng Liu, Wancheng Lu, Jinrui Xu, Guihua Sun & Dunlu Sun

  2. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, People’s Republic of China

    Shoujun Ding, Wancheng Lu & Jinrui Xu

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Ding, S., Zhang, Q., Luo, J. et al. Crystal growth, structure, defects, mechanical and spectral properties of Nd0.01:Gd0.89La0.1NbO4 mixed crystal. Appl. Phys. A 123, 636 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1227-4

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