%0 Journal Article %A Kosmyna, M. B. %A Nazarenko, B. P. %A Puzikov, V. M. %A Shekhovtsov, A. N. %A Paszkowicz, W. %A Behrooz, A. %A Romanowski, P. %A Yasukevich, A. S. %A Kuleshov, N. V. %A Demesh, M. P. %A Wierzchowski, W. %A Wieteska, K. %A Paulmann, C. %T Ca<sub>10</sub>Li(VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>7</sub>:Nd<sup>3+</sup>, a promising laser material: growth, structure and spectral characteristics of a Czochralski-grown single crystal %J Journal of crystal growth %V 445 %@ 0022-0248 %C Amsterdam [u.a.] %I Elsevier %M PUBDB-2017-00439 %P 101 - 107 %D 2016 %Z © Elsevier B.V. ; Post referee fulltext in progress; Embargo 12 months from publication %X Pure and Nd-doped Ca<sub>10</sub>Li(VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>7</sub> single crystals were grown by the Czochralski method. The structure of Ca<sub>10</sub>Li(VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>7</sub> single crystal was refined starting from a model of Ca<sub>10</sub>K(VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>7</sub> using the powder diffraction data collected at a laboratory high-resolution diffractometer. The defect structure of the single crystal was studied with the use of both, high-resolution diffraction using a laboratory instrument and X-ray topographic techniques employing synchrotron radiation at the Hasylab laboratory (Hamburg). Polarized absorption and luminescence spectra of Nd-doped Ca<sub>10</sub>Li(VO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>7</sub> crystal were investigated in details. The laser oscillation was obtained under flash lamp pumping and the slope efficiency of 0.87 %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000376444000017 %R 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2016.04.002 %U https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/317098