Recent Development and Research Trend of Laser Crystals
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2025 | Viewed by 1103
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Laser crystals play a crucial role in the development of high-performance lasers for various applications in industry, medicine, and research. As crucial functional materials, crystals come in many forms, such as laser crystals, nonlinear optical (NLO) crystals, piezoelectric crystals, and scintillation crystals. In the last few decades, numerous crystals, for example Nd3+ Y3Al5O12 (YAG), KTiOPO4 (KTP), KH2PO4 (KDP), and LiNbO3 (LN), have been developed and applied as laser and NLO materials.
The purpose of this Special Issue of Crystals dedicated to laser crystals is to collect papers giving an overview of the state of the art of laser crystals or reporting on recent advances in the study of laser crystals including, but not limited to, the topics mentioned below in the keyword list. Scientists and engineers working in the fields of laser crystals and their applications are cordially invited to contribute to this Special Issue.
- Growth and characterization of laser crystals;
- Formation and related mechanisms of laser crystals;
- Properties of crystal materials;
- Preparation of nanocrystalline materials;
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies;
- Microstructure and morphology;
- Relationship between structure and properties;
- New approaches for enhancing laser performance and efficiency.
Dr. Yan Wang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- laser crystals
- nonlinear laser crystals
- nonlinear optical crystals
- scintillating crystals
- spectroscopic analyses
- crystal growth
- crystal characterization of optical properties
- luminescence
- perovskite crystals
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