Fabrication and properties of highly transparent Er:YAG ceramics

• Main Authors: Qin, Xianpeng, Yang, Hao, Zhou, Guohong, Luo, Dewei, Yang, Yan, Zhang, Jian, Wang, Shiwei, Ma, Jan, Tang, Dingyuan
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97569; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/10625
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Highly transparent Er:YAG ceramics with different Er doping concentrations were fabricated by a reactive sintering method under vacuum. The optical properties and the microstructures of the Er:YAG ceramics were investigated. For 3 mm thickness samples, the in-line transmittances of the as-fabricated...