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An Intuitive Method for the Determination of Crystal-Field Parameters in Laser Crystals

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Expanding the crystal field in terms of operators that transform as the irreducible representations of the Td group leads to an intuitive interpretation of the crystal-field parameters. We apply this method to the crystal field experienced by Nd3+ dopants in the laser crystals YLiF4, YVO4, and KLiYF5.

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  1. Physics Dept., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 04505, USA

    Frederick G. Anderson

  2. Physics Dept., University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32816, USA

    H. Weidner, P. L. Summers & R. E. Peale

  3. CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, 32826, USA

    B. H. T. Chai

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Anderson, F.G., Weidner, H., Summers, P.L. et al. An Intuitive Method for the Determination of Crystal-Field Parameters in Laser Crystals. MRS Online Proceedings Library 329, 203–208 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-329-203

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