@article {10.3844/ajassp.2014.759.763,
article_type = {journal},
title = {GROWTH OF YB3+ DOPED LiNBO3 CRYSTALS USING LASER HEATED PEDESTAL GROWTH METHOD},
author = {Boudour, Bariza and Boumaiza, Youcef and Boudour, Amar},
volume = {11},
year = {2014},
month = {Feb},
pages = {759-763},
doi = {10.3844/ajassp.2014.759.763},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2014.759.763},
abstract = {The growth of LN single crystals free from defects greatly doped with rare earth elements (RE3+) and having a high optical quality is still an unresolved problem. Always, crystals of the niobate lithium contain a deficiency in lithium causing the appearance of intrinsic defects and thus a doping is required for the homogeneity. Our work was aimed to study the growth of Lithium niobate and their structural characterization, it focusses on congruent to stoichiometric Yb: LiNbO3 (LN) crystals. These crystals were synthesized with different doping concentrations of Yb3+ (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 mol%) by the LHPG method which is faster, less expensive and clean, Three analysis techniques were used: Structural characterization made up 5.0 mol% by X-ray diffraction, Optical Microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy showed that the obtained material is single crystal, good optical quality and homogeneous. As we lnow, the results obtained with doping up to 5% are encouraging. Our approach provides excellent spectroscopic properties of crystals, low self-quenching property and can be used to applications such as solid-state laser.},
journal = {American Journal of Applied Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}