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Spectroscopy of Chromium Doped Garnets in a Wide Temperature Range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Humeyra Orucu
Affiliation:
orucu@bc.edu, Boston College, Physics Dept., 140 Comm. Ave, Chestnut Hill,, Higgins Hall 335, Boston, MA, 02467, United States, 617 412 8784
Gonul Ozen
Affiliation:
gonul@bc.edu, Istanbul Technical University, Department of Physics, Istanbul, N/A, Turkey
John Collins
Affiliation:
jcollins@wheatonma.edu, Wheaton College, Department of Physics, Norton, MA, 02766, United States
Baldassare Di Bartolo
Affiliation:
dibartob@bc.edu, Boston College, Department of Physics, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, United States
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Abstract

Chromium doped garnets are tunable solid state laser materials which emit in the red and near infrared. We have studied the emission spectra of Y3Al5O12:Cr3+ (YAG:Cr), Gd3Ga5O12:Cr3+ (GGG:Cr) and Gd3Sc2Ga3O12:Cr3+ (GSGG:Cr) in a wide range of temperatures 25-800 K and have related their spectroscopic properties to the interaction between the 2E and 4T2 energy levels of the chromium ion. The measurements included absorption, lifetime, luminescence under continuous and pulsed excitations, and thermal effects on sharp lines.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2008

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