TY - JOUR
T1 - YAG laser-induced β-BaB2O4 crystalline dot formation in Sm2O3-BaO-B2O3 glasses
AU - Tanaka, H.
AU - Honma, T.
AU - Benino, Y.
AU - Fujiwara, T.
AU - Komatsu, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Japan, and the 21st century Center of Excellence (COE) program in Nagaoka University of Technology. The authors thank Dr H. Saitoh, Nagaoka University of Technology, for the use of a micro-Raman spectroscopy apparatus.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - A continuous-wave (CW) YAG laser (power: 0.75-0.9J/s, irradiation time: 15s-15min) with a wavelength of 1064nm is irradiated to 11.1Sm2O3·44.4BaO·44.4B2O3 glass, and the formation of β-BaB2O4 (β-BBO) crystalline dots with a diameter of 30-150μm is confirmed from micro-Raman spectra. β-BBO crystals with around 200μm length grow towards the interior of the glass. The incorporation of Sm3+ into β-BBO crystalline dots is suggested from micro-Raman and fluorescence spectra. The second harmonic generation is detected from the array (10×10=100 dots) of β-BBO crystalline dots, indicating that each crystalline dot formed by YAG laser irradiation is a nonlinear optical crystal. CW YAG laser irradiation to glass with Sm3+ ions is a nice technique for a spatially controlled crystal growth.
AB - A continuous-wave (CW) YAG laser (power: 0.75-0.9J/s, irradiation time: 15s-15min) with a wavelength of 1064nm is irradiated to 11.1Sm2O3·44.4BaO·44.4B2O3 glass, and the formation of β-BaB2O4 (β-BBO) crystalline dots with a diameter of 30-150μm is confirmed from micro-Raman spectra. β-BBO crystals with around 200μm length grow towards the interior of the glass. The incorporation of Sm3+ into β-BBO crystalline dots is suggested from micro-Raman and fluorescence spectra. The second harmonic generation is detected from the array (10×10=100 dots) of β-BBO crystalline dots, indicating that each crystalline dot formed by YAG laser irradiation is a nonlinear optical crystal. CW YAG laser irradiation to glass with Sm3+ ions is a nice technique for a spatially controlled crystal growth.
KW - A. Glasses
KW - C. Raman spectroscopy
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3697(03)00047-7
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3697(03)00047-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037879369
SN - 0022-3697
VL - 64
SP - 1179
EP - 1184
JO - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
JF - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
IS - 7
ER -