Yttrium lithium fluoride

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Yttrium lithium fluoride (LiYF4, sometimes abbreviated YLF) is a birefringent crystal, typically doped with neodymium or praseodymium and used as a gain medium in solid-state lasers.[1] Yttrium is the substitutional element in LiYF4. The hardness of YLF is significantly lower than other commons crystalline laser media, i.e. yttrium aluminium garnet.[2]

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Yttrium lithium fluoride
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3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/4FH.Li.Y/h4*1H;;/q;;;;+1;+3/p-4
    Key: HIQSCMNRKRMPJT-UHFFFAOYSA-J
  • [Li+].[F-].[F-].[F-].[F-].[Y+3]
Properties
F4LiY
Molar mass 171.84 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Other cations
Lithium holmium fluoride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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