Origin of light scattering in ytterbium doped calcium fluoride transparent ceramic for high power lasers

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1619-1630

  Lyberis, Andréas ^a   Patriarche, Gilles ^b   Gredin, Patrick ^a   Vivien, Daniel ^a   Mortier, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

CaF2; Defects; Grain boundaries; Hot pressing; Optical properties; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

CAF2; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HAADF-STEM; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-ANGLE ANNULAR DARK FIELDS; INDIVIDUAL ION; RICH PHASE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING LOSS; SOFT CHEMISTRY ROUTES; STARTING POWDERS; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC; YTTERBIUM-DOPED;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; DEFECTS; FLUORSPAR; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HIGH POWER LASERS; HOT PRESSING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXYGEN; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; YTTERBIUM;

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79955481839     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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