Title :
The study of thermo-mechanical and -optical properties of GdVO4 and YVO4
Author :
Sato, Y. ; Taira, T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki
Abstract :
In this work we summarized thermal characteristics of YVO4 with comparative study of GdVO4 by using of carefully evaluated kappa, alpha, dn/dT, thermal heat capacity coefficient dCp/dT, and thermal conductivity coefficient dkappa/dT. In conclusion, we summarized thermo-mechanical and -optical parameters of GdVO4 and YVO4, and we found that the performance of YVO4 was thermally comparable to GdVO4 from the discussion by using of the figures of merits as kappa/alpha and kappa/(dn/dT).
Keywords :
gadolinium compounds; optical materials; solid lasers; specific heat; thermal conductivity; thermo-optical effects; yttrium compounds; GdVO4; YVO4; laser media; thermal characteristics; thermal conductivity coefficient; thermal heat capacity coefficient; thermo-mechanical properties; thermo-optical properties; Laser theory; Photonics; Power lasers; Refractive index; Solid lasers; Thermal conductivity; Thermal expansion; Thermal factors; Thermal resistance; Thermomechanical processes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385827
