Fabrication and Properties of High Quality Transparent Ho:YAG Ceramics

Hao Yang; Jian Zhang; Xian Peng Qin; De Wei Luo; Jan Ma; Ding Yuan Tang; Qi Tu Zhang

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.185.51

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Fabrication and Properties of High Quality Transparent Ho:YAG Ceramics

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High quality holmium doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG) transparent ceramics were fabricated by a reactive sintering method under vacuum. Fully dense Ho:YAG ceramics with the average grain size of ~ 10 μm were obtained after vacuum sintering at 1780 for 8 h. The optical properties, microstructures and photoluminescence spectra of the fabricated Ho:YAG ceramics were investigated. The transmittances of Ho:YAG ceramic are higher than 82% at 400 nm and 84% at 2400 nm. The absorption coefficient was 1.32 cm^-1 for 1.5 at.% Ho:YAG at 1907 nm. And the absorption cross section of the Ho:YAG ceramic is 0.645×10^-20 cm².

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Hao Yang, Jian Zhang, Xian Peng Qin, De Wei Luo, Jan Ma, Ding Yuan Tang, Qi Tu Zhang

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Ho:YAG, Optical Property, Reactive Sintering Method, Transparent Ceramics

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