Growth and EPR properties of ErVO4 single crystals

A1. Crystal structure A2. Czochralski method A2. Single crystal growth B1. Vanadates B2. Magneto-optics materials B3. Solid state lasers abstract HoVO4 single crystals were grown by the Czochralski method. The crystals were transparent. EPR spectra of the well oriented crystals were recorded as a function of the applied magnetic field. Besides Ho 3 þ ,V 4 þ ions were detected. EPR-NMR program was applied to find spin Hamiltonian parameters of Ho 3 þ ions. Absorption, excitation and photoluminescence spectra were measured, revealing the presence of electronic transitions characteristic for Ho 3 þ ions.