掺杂YCa4O(BO3)3晶体的生长与性质研究.pdfVIP

人工晶体学报990209 人工晶体学报 JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC CRYSTALS 1999年　第28卷 第2期 Vol.28 No.2 1999 掺杂YCa O(BO )晶体的生长与性质研究 4 3 3 张树君　程振翔　张吉果　刘雪松　周广勇　韩建儒　陈焕矗 提要：采用提拉方法，首次使用铂坩埚在大气气氛下生长出大尺寸，高质量的非线性 光学晶体YCa O(BO ) (YCOB)。典型晶体尺寸为直径15～20mm，长度30～40mm。对 4 3 3 晶体进行掺杂改性研究，已分别生长出掺杂浓度为5%的Nd∶YCOB，Er∶YCOB和掺 杂浓度为20%的Yb∶YCOB晶体。对沿不同方向生长的晶体的习性和缺陷进行了研究。 晶体的生长是以典型的二维成核层状生长进行的。当沿 方向生长时，晶体易 出现(010)面孪晶及 方向的解理面；而沿〈010〉方向生长时，可避免孪晶和解 理面的出现。我们认为〈010〉方向为最佳生长方向。通过测量晶体的室温透过谱发现 掺杂的YCOB晶体在深紫外(220nm)有较高的透过率(80%)。初步的自倍频实验可观察到 Nd∶YCOB晶体能够在811nm的LD泵浦下产生较强的绿光，并且阈值较低。这表明掺 稀土的YCOB晶体可能是一种有应用前景的自倍频激光材料。 关键词：掺杂YCOB晶体，非线性光学晶体，激光晶体，提拉法生长 中图分类号：O782.5 Study on Growth and Properties of the Doped YCa O(BO ) Crystal 4 3 3 Zhang Shujun　Cheng Zhenxiang　Zhang Jiguo　Liu Xuesong　 Zhou Guangying　Han Jianru　Chen Huanchu (State Key Lab of Crystal Materials,Shandong University,Jinan 250100,China) 　　Abstract　The nonlinear optical (NLO) crystal YCOB with large size and high quality were grown by the Czochralski method from a platinum crucible for the first time under air atmosphere.The typical size of the crystals are 15～20mm in diameter and 30～40mm in length.The different doped crystals,5%Nd ∶YCOB,5%Er ∶YCOB and 20%Yb ∶YCOB, were grown respectively by this method.The growth habits and defects of crystals growing along different directions were investigated.The growth mechanism of the crystal is two- dimensional nucleation layer growth.When the crystal was grown along direction, the(010)twins and cleavage planes appeared easily.However,the defects mentioned above were el