A promising Lu2-xHoxO3 laser nanoceramic: Synthesis and characterization

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3764-3772

  Galceran, Montserrat ^a   Pujol, Maria Cinta ^a   Gluchowski, Pawel ^b   Strȩk, Wieslaw ^b   Carvajal, Joan Josep ^a   Mateos, Xavier ^a   Aguiló, Magdalena ^a   Díaz, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MODIFIED PECHINI METHOD; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; NANO CERAMICS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION AND EMISSION; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; SINTERED PELLETS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

DIFFRACTION; NANOCRYSTALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SINTERING; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

HOLMIUM;

EID: 78549264144     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03924.x     Document Type: Article

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