Investigation of terbium in the ferroelectric crystal, gadolinium molybdate, as a potential laser

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7135250

Crouch, J E

A preliminary non-stimulated study of the laser host combination Gd(2 - x)Tb(x)(MoO4)3 is made. The host material, gadolinium molybdate (GMO), is a ferroelectric/ferroelastic crystal. An investigation of temperature and external electric field affects on the absorption and fluorescence of the crystal did not produce any unusual results. The terbium ion, Tb(3+), peak cross section in GMO for the 5D sub 4 to 7F sub 5 transition is 10 x 10 to the minus twenty first power sq. cm. at 300K. The wavelength of this four level laser transition is 543 nm. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (USA). School of Engineering
• OSTI ID: 7135250
• Report Number(s): AD-A-026008
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
SOLID STATE LASERS
LASER MATERIALS
ENERGY LEVELS
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS
MOLYBDATES
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
LASERS
MATERIALS
MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
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