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Preparation and optical properties of rare-earth-activated alkali metal lead chlorides

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High-purity MPb2Cl5 (M = K, Rb) and MPbCl3 (M = Rb, Cs) salts were prepared by directional solidification and zone melting of stoichiometric mixtures. The Bridgman method was used to grow crystals of rare-earth-activated double salts: KPb2Cl5:(Tb3+, KPb2Cl5:(Tb3+, Tm3+), KPb2Cl5:Dy3+, KPb2Cl5:Pr3+, RbPb2Cl5:Dy3+, and RbPb2Cl5:Pr3+. Analysis of their room-temperature IR absorption and luminescence spectra suggests that these crystals are potential materials for mid-IR solid-state lasers.

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  1. Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High-Purity Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

    N. V. Lichkova & V. N. Zagorodnev

  2. Fiber Optics Research Center, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    L. N. Butvina & A. G. Okhrimchuk

  3. NPTs Elementy Lazernykh System (Elements of Laser Systems Research and Production Center), ul. Vvedenskogo 3/1, Moscow, 117342, Russia

    A. V. Shestakov

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Original Russian Text Sc N.V.Lichkova, V.N. Zagorodnev, L.N. Butvina, A.G. Okhrimchak, A.V. Shestakov, 2006, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 83–90.

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Lichkova, N.V., Zagorodnev, V.N., Butvina, L.N. et al. Preparation and optical properties of rare-earth-activated alkali metal lead chlorides. Inorg Mater 42, 81–88 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S002016850601016X

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