Laser Emission from a Europium Benzoylacetonate Alcohol Solution1
Laser Emission from a Europium Benzoylacetonate Alcohol Solution1
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苯甲酰丙酮铕醇溶液的激光发射1
DOI:
10.1021/j100788a037
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发表时间:
1964
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通讯作者:
M. Weinberg
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作者:
M. L. Bhaumik;P. Fletcher;L. Nugent;S. M. Lee;S. Higa;C. Telk;M. Weinberg
Observation of stimulated emission of 6130 A. from an alcohol solution of europium benzoylacetonate was reported by Lempicki and Samelson2 and by Schimit-schek. 3 The former authors designate the europium chelate as the three-ligand compound Eu (B) s but give no method of preparation or melting point; the latter author gives no indication of thechemical composition and no melting point but states that the compound was prepared by the piperidine method of Whan and Crosby. 4 5However, Whan and Crosby did not report the use of the piperidine method for the preparation of europium benzoylacetonate; they report this method for the preparation of the rare earth dibenzoylmethides and give another method, in aqueous solution, for the preparation of the rare earth benzoylacetonates. This means that the reported europium benzoylacetonate laser emission has been obtained from a chelate which is essentially uncharacterized. The purpose of this paper is to report the preparation, the melting point, the chemical composition of the solute, and the wave lengths of some of the emission lines for the europium benzoylacetonate which yields laser emission. The importance of the characterization of the euro-pium benzoylacetonate laser material became apparent when samples of widely varying melting point, degree of hydration, coordination number, chemical composi-tion, and emission wave lengths were obtained, depend-ing upon the method of preparation and the technique of purification employed. For example, recrystalliza-tion from solution gave products varying in melting point from 90 to 180, depending upon the solvent, the fraction taken, the solution temperature, and the time the solution stands before precipitation. Of more consequence is the fact that laser emission has been observed only from a particular europium benzoylace-tonate product obtained by a modification of Whan and Crosby’s piperidine method. 4Preparation and Characterization Preparation of europium benzoylacetonate by the aqueous method described by Whan and Crosby4 and by Sacconi and Ercoli6 gives the dihydrate. This material showed no evidence for laser oscillation when repeatedly tested under various conditions of low temperature and concentration in alcohol solution. In the same paper Whan and Crosby describe another nonaqueous method, which we call the piperidine method, for the preparation of rare earth trisdibenzoyl-methides. In the piperidine method the product is vacuum-dried at 125 to 150 in orderto remove a fourth mole of chelating agent. However, when this method was applied in the synthesis of europium ben-zoylacetonate, the products were of varying melting