Publications Crystal Growth

Design of the Yb3+ optical bandwidth by crystallographic modification of disordered Calcium Niobium Gallium garnets M. D. Serrano, J. O. Álvarez, C. Zaldo, J. Sanz, I. Sobrados, J. A. Alonso, C. Cascales, M. T. Fernández-Díaz, A. Jezowski. Journal Materials Chemistry C vol 5, pgs 11481-11495, 2017.  https://doi.org/10.1039/c7tc02760e

Na modification of lanthanide doped Ca3Nb1.5Ga3.5O12-type laser garnets: Czochralski crystal growth and characterization E. Castellano-Hernández, M.D. Serrano, R. J.  Jiménez Riobóo, C. Cascales, C.  Zaldo, A. Jezowski, P. A. Loiko, Crystal Growth & Design 16, 1480-1491, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.5b01607

Crystal growth and physical characterization of monoclinic Li3Lu3Ba2(MoO4)8 . A spectrally broadened disordered crystal for ultrafast mode-locked lasers. X. Han, R. Calderón-Villajos, F. Esteban-Betegón, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo, A. Jezowski and P. Stachowiak. Crystal Growth and Design vol. 12,  pg. 3878-3887, 2012. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg300105g

Epitaxial growth of NaGd0.935Yb0.065(WO4)2 layers on lattice matched tetragonal double tungstate substrates for ultrafast thin disk lasers J. M. Cano-Torres, X. Han, F. Esteban-Betegón, A. Ruiz, M. D. Serrano, C. Cascales and C. Zaldo. Crystal Growth & Design vol 11, pg. 1807-1813, 2011. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cg101728u

Double tungstate and molybdate crystals for laser and nonlinear optical applications E. V. Zharikov, C. Zaldo and F. Díaz. Materials Research Society Bulletin vol 34 (April), pg. 271-276, 2009.

Growth, structural and spectroscopic properties of Yb3+-doped Li0.75Gd0.75Ba0.5(MoO4)2 crystals” A. García-Cortés, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo. Materials Science and Engineering B vol. 146, pg. 89-94, 2008. https.//doi.org/ 10.1016/j.mseb.2007.07.049

Structural and Thermal Properties of Tetragonal Double Tungstate Crystals Intended for Ytterbium Laser Composites X. Han, A. García-Cortés, M. D. Serrano, C. Zaldo and C. Cascales. Chemistry of Materials, vol 19, pg. 3002-3010, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm070237v

Correlation between polymorphism and optical bandwidths in AgNd(WO4)2 C. Colón, A. Alonso-Medina, F. Fernández, R. Saéz-Puche, V. Volkov, C. Cascales and C. Zaldo. Chemistry of Materials vol 17, pg. 6635-6643, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm051789l

The optical spectroscopy of lanthanides R3+ in ABi(XO4)2 (A=Li, Na; X=Mo,W) and LiYb(MoO4)2 multifunctional single crystals: Relationship with the structural local disorder. C. Cascales, A. Méndez-Blas, M. Rico, V. Volkov and C. Zaldo. Optical  Materials vol 27, pg. 1672-1680, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2004.11.051

Growth and spectroscopic investigation of ytterbium doped NaLa(WO4)2 single crystals M. D. Serrano, F. Esteban-Betegón and C. Zaldo. Journal of Crystal Growth, vol 275, pag e819-e825, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2004.11.119

Growth and continuous-wave laser operation of disordered crystals of Yb3+:NaLa(WO4)2 and Yb3+:NaLa(MoO4)2 J. Liu, J. M. Cano-Torres, C. Cascales, F. Esteban-Betegón, M. D. Serrano, V. Volkov, C. Zaldo, M. Rico, U. Griebner, and V. Petrov. Physica Status Solidi (a) Rapid Reseach Letters  vol 202, Nº4, pag R29-R31, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.200510001

Growth, structure and evaluation of laser properties of LiYb(MoO4)2 single crystals  V. Volkov, C. Cascales, C. Zaldo and A. Kling. Chemistry of Materials vol 17, pag 291-300, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1021/cm049095k

Preparation and properties of disordered NaBi(XO4)2, X= W or Mo, crystals doped with rare earth V. Volkov, M. Rico, A. Méndez-Blas and C. Zaldo. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids vol. 63, 95-105, 2002.

Czochralski pulling of scheelite-type NaBi(WO4)2 single crystals V. Volkov and C. Zaldo. Journal of  Crystal Growth, 206, 60-64, 1999.