Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Micro-pulling-down: A viable approach to the crystal growth of refractory rare-earth sesquioxides

  • Published:
Inorganic Materials Aims and scope

Abstract

The RE2O3 (RE = Y, Lu, Sc) sesquioxides are promising host materials for solid-state lasers owing to their low phonon energy and high thermal conductivity. Our results demonstrate that the micro-pulling-down method is a viable approach to the single-crystal growth of refractory rare-earth sesquioxides with melting points over 2400°C. The method yields chemically homogeneous single-crystal rods of high crystallinity. We also present thermal conductivity data for Yb-doped Y2O3 and Lu2O3 and for Tm-doped Y2O3.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Koecher, W., Solid-State Laser Engineering, Berlin: Springer, 1999.

    Google Scholar 

  2. Bogomolova, G.A., Vylegzhanin, D.N., and Kaminskii, A.A., Spectral and Lasing Investigations of Garnets with Yb3+ Ions, J. Exp. Theor. Phys., 1976, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 440–446.

    Google Scholar 

  3. DeLoach, L.D., Payne, S.A., Chase, L.L., et al., Evaluation of Absorption and Emission Properties of Yb3+ Doped Crystals for Laser Applications, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1993, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 1179–1191.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Baney, D.M., Rankin, G., and Chang, K.W., Simultaneous Blue and Green Upconversion Lasing in a Laser-Diode-Pumped Pr3+/Yb3+ Doped Fluoride Fiber Laser, Appl. Phys. Lett., 1996, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 1662–1664.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Sumida, D.S. and Fan, T.Y., Effect of Radiation Trapping on Fluorescence Lifetime and Emission Cross Section Measurements in Solid-State Laser Media, Opt. Lett., 1994, vol. 19, no. 17, pp. 1343–1345.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Peters, V., Bolz, A., Petermann, K., and Huber, G., Growth of High-Melting Sesquioxides by the Heat Exchange Method, J. Cryst. Growth, 2002, vols. 237–239, pp. 879–883.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Pauling, L. and Shappel, M.D., The Crystal Structure of Bixbyite and the C-Modification of the Sesquioxides, Z. Kristallogr., 1930, vol. 75, nos. 1–2, pp. 128–142.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Hanic, F., Hartmanova, M., Knab, G.G., et al., Real Structure of Undoped Y2O3 Single Crystals, Acta Crystallogr., Sect. B: Struct. Sci., 1984, vol. 40, pp. 76–82.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Shevchenko, A.V. and Lopato, L.M., TA Method Application to the Highest Refractory Oxide Systems Investigation, Thermochim. Acta, 1985, vol. 93, pp. 537–540.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Chang, N.C., Fluorescence and Stimulated Emission from Trivalent Europium in Yttrium Oxide, J. Appl. Phys., 1963, vol. 34, no. 12, pp. 3500–3504.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Fornasiero, L., Mix, E., Peters, V., et al., New Oxide Crystals for Solid State Lasers, Cryst. Res. Technol., 1999, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 255–260.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Petermann, K., Fornasiero, L., Mix, E., and Peters, V., High-Melting Sesquioxides: Crystal Growth, Spectroscopy, and Laser Experiments, Opt. Mater., 2002, vol. 19, pp. 67–71.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. Stone, J. and Burrus, C.A., Nd:Y2O3 Single-Crystal Fiber Laser: Room-Temperature cw Operation at 1.07-and 1.35-μm Wavelength, J. Appl. Phys., 1978, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 2281–2287.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Fejer, M.M., Nightingale, J.L., Magel, G.A., and Byer, R.L., Laser-Heated Miniature Pedestal Growth Apparatus for Single-Crystal Optical Fibers, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 1984, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 1791–1796.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Belousenko, A.P., Zatulovskii, L.M., Kravetskii, D.Ya., et al., Growth and Properties of Scandium Oxide Shaped Crystals, Proc. 9th Conf. on the Production of the Shaped Crystals and Products by the Stepanov Method and Their Use in National Economy, Leningrad, 1982, pp. 276–278.

  16. Kong, J., Lu, J., Takaichi, K., et al., Diode-Pumped Yb:Y2O3 Ceramic Laser, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2003, vol. 82, no. 16, pp. 2556–2558.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Novoselov, A., Yoshikawa, A., and Fukuda, T., The Micro-Pulling-Down Method: Fast and Economic Solution for Materials Screening, Curr. Top. Cryst. Growth Res., 2004, vol. 7, pp. 87–111.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Shibata, H., Ohta, H., Suzuki, A., and Waseda, Y., Applicability of Platinum and Molybdenum Coatings for Measuring Thermal Diffusivity of Transparent Glass Specimens by the Laser Flash Method at High Temperatures, Mater. Trans. JIM, 2000, vol. 41, no. 12, pp. 1616–1620.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Nishi, T., Shibata, H., Ohta, H., et al., Specific Heat Measurements of Pd-Based Alloy in the Liquid State by the Heat-Flux Type DSC with Triple Cells, Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi, 2004, vol. 68, no. 8, pp. 499–502.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Frukacz, Z. and Pawlak, D.A., Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology, Buschow, K.H.J., et al., Eds., Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2001, pp. 3455–3463.

    Google Scholar 

  21. Lopato, L.M., Shevchenko, A.V., Kushchevskii, A.E., and Tresvyatskii, S.G., Polymorphic Transitions of Rare Earth Oxides at High Temperatures, Inorg. Mater., 1974, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1276–1281.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Tissue, B.M., Lizhu Lu, Li Ma, et al., Laser-Heated Pedestal Growth of Laser and IR-Upconverting Materials, J. Cryst. Growth, 1990, vol. 109, pp. 323–328.

    Google Scholar 

  23. Adachi, G. and Imanaka, N., The Binary Rare Earth Oxides, Chem. Rev., 1998, vol. 98, pp. 1479–1514.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. Pawlak, D.A., Lerondel, G., Dmytruk, I., et al., Second Order Self-organized Pattern of Terbium-Scandium-Aluminum Garnet and Terbium-Scandium Perovskite Eutectic, J. Appl. Phys., 2002, vol. 91, no. 12, pp. 9731–9736.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. Honea, E.C., Beach, R.J., Sutton, S.B., et al., 115-W Tm:Diode-Pumped Solid State Laser, IEEE J. Quantum Electron., 1997, vol. 33, no. 9, pp. 1592–1600.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. Klein, P.H. and Croft, W.J., Thermal Conductivity, Diffusivity, and Expansion of Y2O3, Y3Al5O12, and LaF3 in the Range 77–300 K, J. Appl. Phys., 1967, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 1603–1607.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    A. Novoselov, J. H. Mun, R. Simura, A. Yoshikawa & T. Fukuda

Authors
  1. A. Novoselov
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. J. H. Mun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. R. Simura
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. A. Yoshikawa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. T. Fukuda
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

The text was submitted by the authors in English

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Novoselov, A., Mun, J.H., Simura, R. et al. Micro-pulling-down: A viable approach to the crystal growth of refractory rare-earth sesquioxides. Inorg Mater 43, 729–734 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168507070114

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168507070114

Keywords

Search

Navigation