Widely tunable, efficient 2 μm laser in monocrystalline Tm:SrF.

We report on the growth, spectroscopy, and laser operation of monocrystalline Tm:SrF. Spectroscopic investigations confirmed the presence of broad absorption and emission bands caused by inequivalent doped sites, introduced by charge compensation effects which also caused the clusterization of doping ions in the lattice. We obtained continuous-wave laser emission at about 2 μm, with efficiencies comparable with other Tm-doped crystals.

Growth and diode-pumped laser operation of Pr3+:β-(Y0.5,Gd0.5)F3 at various transitions.

We report on the crystal growth of the orthorhombic low-temperature β-phase of (Y0.5,Gd0.5)F3 (YGF) single crystals.

Redetermination of terbium scandate, revealing a defect-type perovskite derivative.

The crystal structure of terbium(III) scandate(III), with ideal formula TbScO(3), has been reported previously on the basis of powder diffraction data [Liferovich & Mitchell (2004 ▶). J. Solid State Chem.