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Fabrication, microstructure and properties of highly transparent Nd:YAG laser ceramics
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In this article, the optical, mechanical, and thermal properties of Nd:YAG laser ceramics were investigated by solid-state reaction and vacuum sintering, and the densification, the microstructure evolution, optical, the mechanical and the thermal properties were investigated.About:
This article is published in Optical Materials.The article was published on 2008-09-01. It has received 138 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nd:YAG laser & Ceramic.read more
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Co-precipitation synthesis route to yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) transparent ceramics
Jiang Li,Feng Chen,Wenbin Liu,Wenxin Zhang,Liang Wang,Xuewei Ba,Ying-Jie Zhu,Yubai Pan,Jingkun Guo +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a coprecipitation method with aluminum nitrate and yttrium nitrate as raw materials, using ammonium hydrogen carbonate (AHC) as the precipitant, was presented.
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The history, development, and future prospects for laser ceramics: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the development history of laser ceramics, fabrication and characteristics of this new, refined polycrystalline ceramic material, and the potential future outlook for the field are reviewed.
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Fabrication of Nd:YAG transparent ceramics with TEOS, MgO and compound additives as sintering aids
TL;DR: In this paper, the maximum transmittance at 1064nm of the sintered Nd:YAG transparent ceramics is doped 0.4-wt% TEOS combined with 0.08-wt% MgO, nearly pore-free microstructure with the average grain size of more than 30μm was obtained in this highest transparent sample.
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Fabrication of Nd:YAG transparent ceramics with both TEOS and MgO additives
Hao Yang,Hao Yang,Xianpeng Qin,Xianpeng Qin,Jian Zhang,Jian Zhang,Shiwei Wang,Jan Ma,Lixi Wang,Qitu Zhang +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, Neodymium doped YAG transparent ceramics were fabricated by vacuum reactive sintering method using commercial α-Al2O3, Y2O 3, Y 2O3 powders as the starting materials with both tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and MgO as Sintering aids.
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The effect of MgO and SiO2 codoping on the properties of Nd:YAG transparent ceramic
Hao Yang,Hao Yang,Xianpeng Qin,Xianpeng Qin,Jian Zhang,Jian Zhang,Jan Ma,Dingyuan Tang,Shiwei Wang,Qitu Zhang +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of SiO2 and MgO on the microstructure and sintering process of Nd:YAG ceramics were studied.
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Evaluation ofKIc of brittle solids by the indentation method with low crack-to-indent ratios
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Fabrication and Optical Properties of High-Performance Polycrystalline Nd:YAG Ceramics for Solid-State Lasers
TL;DR: Transparent polycrystalline YAG with nearly the same optical characteristics as those of a single crystal were fabricated by a solid-state reaction method using high-purity powders (>99.99 wt% purity) as mentioned in this paper.
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Fabrication of Polycrystal line, Transparent YAG Ceramics by a Solid‐State Reaction Method
TL;DR: In this paper, a polycrystalline, transparent YAG (Y{sub 3}Al{sub 5}O{sub 12}) ceramics were fabricated by a solid-state reaction method using high-purity Al{sub 2}O(sub 3) and Y{sub 4 O(sub 12) powders, sintered at 1,600 to 1,850 C for 5 h under vacuum.
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Synthesis and Performance of Advanced Ceramic Lasers
Akio Ikesue,Yan Lin Aung +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the laser conversion efficiency of pore-free polycrystalline Nd:YAG (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 ) and Yb-doped YAG single crystal was reported.
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Highly efficient 2% Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet ceramic laser
Jianren Lu,Mahendra Prabhu,Jianqiu Xu,Ken-ichi Ueda,Hideki Yagi,Takakimi Yanagitani,Alexander A. Kaminskii +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a diode-laser end-pumped polycrystalline 2% Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) laser that is comparable in efficiency with single crystal laser has been developed.