Crystal growth and VUV luminescence properties of Er3+- and Tm3+-doped LiCaAlF6 for detectors

Optical Materials

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 845-849

  Yoshikawa, Akira ^a   Yanagida, Takayuki ^a   Yokota, Yuui ^a   Yamaji, Akihiro ^a   Fujimoto, Yutaka ^a   Jan, Pejchal ^a,c   Chani, Valery I ^a   Kawaguchi, Noriaki ^b   Ishizu, Sumito ^b   Fukuda, Kentaro ^b   Suyama, Toshihisa ^b   Nikl, Martin ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKUYAMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Crystal growth from the melt; Fluoride; Single crystal; Vuv emission

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CESIUM IODIDE; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; LIGHT; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RADIATION DETECTORS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BROADBAND EMISSION; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE CRYSTALS; GROWTH FROM THE MELT; MICRO-PULLING DOWN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; VACUUM ULTRAVIOLETS; VUV EMISSION;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79952520988     PISSN: 09253467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optmat.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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