Abstract
Single crystals of neodymium-doped barium chloroapatite have been grown by the Czochralski technique and evaluated as a laser medium. Among known Nd-doped apatites, the material studied is characterized by the longest luminescence lifetime, and one of the largest emission cross sections, The product στ in this crystal, which is equal to is apparently the largest of those of all Nd-doped laser crystals. Laser operation at 1053.8 nm with a slope efficiency of 25% and an intrinsic slope efficiency of 49% was obtained.
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