Growth, structure and spectroscopic characteristics of Nd3+-doped high temperature phase β-LaBMoO6 crystal

This paper reports the structure and spectroscopic characteristics of Nd3+-doped high temperature phase β-LaBMoO6 crystal. β-LaBMoO6 crystal has been grown by the Czchoraski method. The crystal structure of β-LaBMoO6 was determined by the single crystal X-ray diffraction method. The spectroscopic properties of Nd3+:β-LaBMoO6 crystal have been investigated. The Judd-Ofelt theory is applied to the room temperature absorption spectrum. The fluorescence quantum efficiency and absorption and emission cross-sections have been estimated.