Affiliation: | aShanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghe Road, 390, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800, People’s Republic of China bGraduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, People’s Republic of China cEcole Polytechnique, Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, Route de Saclay, Palaiseau 91128, France |
Abstract: | Yb:Y3Al5O12 (Yb:YAG) single crystals with Yb doping concentration 0.5 at.%, 5 at.%, 15 at.%, 25 at.%, 50 at.%, 100 at.% and Yb:YAlO3 (Yb:YAP) single crystals with Yb doping concentration 0.5 at.%, 5 at.%, 15 at.%, 30 at.% were grown by the Czochralski process. The fluorescence spectra of these crystals and the effects of self-absorption on the shape of the fluorescence spectra were studied. Through comparing the fluorescence spectra of Yb:YAG and Yb:YAP, all results indicate that the effects of self-absorption on the fluorescence spectra of Yb:YAP are remarkably stronger than that of Yb:YAG at the same Yb concentration. |