Fabrication, microstructure and optical properties of polycrystalline Er3+:Y3Al5O12 ceramics

Ceramics International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Zhou, Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Wenxin ^a,b   Wang, Liang ^a,b   Shen, Yiqiang ^a,b   Li, Jiang ^a   Liu, Wenbin ^a   Jiang, Benxue ^a   Kou, Huamin ^a   Shi, Yun ^a   Pan, Yubai ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

C. Optical properties; Er:YAG transparent ceramics; Fabrication; Microstructure

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DIRECTION; C. OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON PROBE MICRO ANALYZER; ER: YAG; GRAIN SIZE DISTRIBUTION; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SINTERING TEMPERATURES;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ERBIUM; FABRICATION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SINTERING;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 78649321346     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2010.08.025     Document Type: Article

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