Czochralski growth of large-volume tetragonal 4.9 at.% Eu:NaGd(WO4)2.
Absorption and stimulated-emission cross-sections spectra in polarized light.
For the 5D0 → 7F4 transition, the maximum σSE = 1.6 × 10−21 cm2 at 698.3 nm.
Lifetime of the metastable 5D0 state of Eu3+ ions is 490 ± 10 μs.
Eu:NaGd(WO4)2 provides intense red emission (CIE coordinates, x = 0.671, y = 0.329).