Meeting the demands of sustainable energy economy requires diagnostics of the chemical
processes surrounding future fuels and contemporary combustion applications. Pioneered …

We review the physical properties of crystalline LiRF4 (R= Y, Gd–Lu) hosts and analyze
progress in the application of rare-earth-activated LiRF4 crystals in quantum electronics …

The single pulse laser oscillation with 400±10 ps pulse duration at 311 nm from LiY_0.
3Lu_0. 7F_4: Ce^ 3+ crystal was obtained from intracavity loss modulation via pump …

Here, we present first results of systematic studies of host cation variation impact on spectral-
kinetic, photochemical and gain properties of Ce3+-doped LiYF4 (YLF), LiLuF4 (LLF) and …

The aim of this work is growth of LiCaAlF 6: Ce 3+(Ce: LiCAF) crystals by Bridgman
technique and study of spectroscopic and laser characteristics in UV spectral range. We …

The single-phase Y 1-xy Ce x Yb y F 3 solid solution powders were prepared by melt
crystallization technique. The 5d-4f interconfigurational luminescence of Ce 3+ ions and 2 F …

The down-conversion luminescence under UV excitation was demonstrated in single-phase
Ba 4 Y 3 F 17 solid solution nanoparticles codoped with Ce 3+/Yb 3+. The complex …

Crystalline materials that are transparent in the vacuum UV spectral region and currently
used have been reviewed. Transmission of crystals of solid solutions with the fluorite …

The opportunity to study the optical gain properties of active media using the open aperture
z-scan technique without an additional probe beam is demonstrated. The method allows for …

The UV/visible polarized excited–state absorption (ESA) spectra from the^ 1D_2 and^ 3P_j
manifolds of 4f^ 2-configuration of Pr^ 3+ ions doped into LiY_0. 3Lu_0. 7F_4 mixed crystal …