Chemically Tunable Aspect Ratio Control and Laser Refrigeration of Hexagonal Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Upconverting Materials

Felsted, R. Greg; Pant, Anupum; Bard, Alexander B.; Xia, Xiaojing; Luntz-Martin, Danika R.; Dadras, Siamak; Zhang, Shuai; Vamivakas, A. Nick; Pauzauskie, Peter J.

doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01174

Title: Chemically Tunable Aspect Ratio Control and Laser Refrigeration of Hexagonal Sodium Yttrium Fluoride Upconverting Materials

Journal Article · Thu May 05 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Crystal Growth and Design

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.1c01174· OSTI ID:1875067

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Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Hexagonal sodium yttrium fluoride with Na_3xY_2-xF₆ stoichiometry (β-NaYF) is a promising material for luminescence upconversion applications due to the narrow crystal field splitting of the Yb(III) ion’s lower ²F_7/2 manifold. However, growing single crystals of β-NaYF remains an outstanding challenge due to thermal expansion stresses that cause cracking during melt growth. Here, we demonstrate a novel hydrothermal synthesis of β-NaYF with the ability to tune the aspect ratio from microplatelets to microrods with aspect ratios that match computationally predicted cavity (Mie) resonances. These crystals have a root-mean-square roughness below 1 nm after calcination, which makes them ideal for optical cavities. The β-NaYF microcrystals are doped with 10% Yb(III) cations and are used to build optomechanical laser-refrigeration devices consisting of a hexagonal β-NaYF crystal located at the end of a cantilever. Laser refrigeration of these devices by >12.5 °C is observed using calibrated measurements of both the cantilever’s fundamental eigenfrequency and a Boltzmann fit to crystal field luminescence from the Yb(III) ions.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Office of Naval Research (ONR) Basic Research Challenge (BRC); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830; N00014-18-1-2370; FA9550-16-1-0362; ECC-1542101

OSTI ID:: 1875067

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-172021

Journal Information:: Crystal Growth and Design, Vol. 22, Issue 6; ISSN 1528-7483

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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