Optical Absorption and Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Nonlinear Optical Crystal Li3VO4 Grown by the Floating-Zone Method.

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  • Murata Takuya
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2557 Tokiwadai, Ube, Yamaguchi 755–8611, Japan
  • Fujimoto Akira
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2557 Tokiwadai, Ube, Yamaguchi 755–8611, Japan
  • Miki Toshikatsu
    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 2557 Tokiwadai, Ube, Yamaguchi 755–8611, Japan
  • Sakata Shin"ichi
    UBE Research Laboratories, UBE Industries, Ltd., 1977–5 Kogushi, Ube, Yamaguchi 755–0067, Japan

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  • Optical Absorption and Electron Spin Re
  • Optical Absorption and Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Nonlinear Optical Crystal Li<sub>3</sub>VO<sub>4</sub> Grown by the Floating-Zone Method

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The optically nonlinear Li3VO4 crystal grown by the floating-zone (FZ) method has been characterized by optical absorption and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The as-grown single crystals grown in gaseous argon exhibit a broad absorption extending from the uv to near-infrared light regions and an absorption band at about 3 eV. Postoxidation reduces the whole optical absorption and reveals an additional 1.9 eV band. ESR detects several signals associated with transition-metal ions in as-grown and reduced crystals, i.e., Fe3+, Mn2+ and Cr3+ ions. The Mn2+ and Cr3+ signals are absent in well-oxidized crystals, while the Fe3+ signal shows no significant change. The reduced crystals have three absorption bands associated with transition-metal impurities and oxygen vacancies. The diffuse reflectance spectra of transition-metal-doped Li3VO4 polycrystals were also measured to examine the effect of the presence of Fe3+, Mn2+ and Cr3+. The origin of the optical absorption in as-grown, oxidized and reduced Li3VO4 are discussed in terms of unexpectedly doped iron-group transition-metals and oxygen vacancies. The 3 eV and 1.9 eV absorption bands and the broad band extending from the uv to near-infrared regions are suppressed in the well-oxidized crystals subjected to repeated zone refining, indicating that multiple zone refining and complete oxidation are important in obtaining optical-quality Li3VO4 single crystals.

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