Heat conduction of laser vanadate crystals

Journal Article · Mon Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2008V038N03ABEH013699; COUNTRY OF INPUT: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)· OSTI ID:21185811

Zagumennyi, A I; Zavartsev, Yu D; Kutovoi, S A; Shcherbakov, I A ^[1]; Popov, P A ^[2]; Zerouk, F ^[3]

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1. A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. Acad. I. G. Petrovskii Bryansk State University, Bryansk (Russian Federation)
3. Zecotek Medical Systems Ltd (Singapore)

The heat conduction of laser vanadate crystals GdVO{sub 4} and YVO{sub 4} and their solid solutions is measured in the temperature interval from 50 to 350 K. Mixed rare-earth vanadates have the common chemical formula Re'{sub 1-x}Re''{sub x}VO{sub 4}, where Re' and Re'' are two or more types of ions from a series La{sup 3+}, Pr{sup 3+}, Nd{sup 3+}, Sm{sup 3+}, Eu{sup 3+}, Gd{sup 3+}, Tb{sup 3+}, Dy{sup 3+}, Ho{sup 3+}, Er{sup 3+}, Tm{sup 3+}, Yb{sup 3+}, Lu{sup 3+}, Sc{sup 3+}, Y{sup 3+}. The heat conduction of Nd:YVO{sub 4} measured at room temperature proved to be more than twice higher than that reported in the literature and in certificate characteristics of laser Nd:YVO{sub 4} elements manufactured by numerous commercial companies. The empirical dependences of the heat conduction along the crystallographic axes <100> and <001> on the composition of rare-earth vanadates Re'{sub 1-x}Re''{sub x}VO{sub 4}, are obtained in the temperature interval from 200 to 350 K. (active media)

• OSTI ID: 21185811
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 38, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2008v038n03ABEH013699; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
DYSPROSIUM IONS
ERBIUM IONS
EUROPIUM IONS
GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS
GADOLINIUM IONS
HOLMIUM IONS
LANTHANUM IONS
LUTETIUM IONS
NEODYMIUM IONS
PRASEODYMIUM IONS
SAMARIUM IONS
SCANDIUM IONS
SOLID SOLUTIONS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
TERBIUM IONS
THERMAL CONDUCTION
THULIUM IONS
VANADATES
YTTERBIUM IONS
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM IONS