Ca1−XYbXF2+X
crystals were grown by two different methods: simple melting under
CF4
atmosphere and the laser heated pedestal growth (LHPG) method under
Ar atmosphere. Spectroscopic characterization (absorption, emission, Raman
spectroscopy and decay curves) was carried out to identify Stark levels of
Yb3+
transitions in the different crystallographic sites of the cubic structure in
Ca1−XYbXF2+X crystals.
The Yb3+
concentration dependence of the experimental decay time was analysed by using concentration
gradient fibre in order to understand involved concentration quenching mechanisms. Under
Yb3+ ion
infrared pumping, self-trapping and up-conversion non-radiative energy transfer to unexpected rare earth
impurities (Er3+, Tm3+) has been observed in the visible region and interpreted by a limited diffusion process within the
Yb3+
doping ion subsystem towards impurities. The main parameters useful
for a theoretical approach of laser potentiality have been given as
τrad = 2.05 ms,
N0 = 7.47 × 1021 cm−3 (32 mol%)
and Nm = 6.39 × 1021 cm−3
(26.5 mol%).
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