Structural and optical properties of Tm:Y2O3 transparent ceramic with La2O3, ZrO2 as composite sintering aid

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 381-388

  Yi, Qing ^a,b   Zhou, Shengming ^a   Teng, Hao ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Hou, Xiaorui ^a,b   Jia, Tingting ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size; Optical properties; Sintering; Transparent ceramic; Y2O3

Indexed keywords

AT-WAVELENGTH; CO-DOPED; CO-DOPING; EMISSION INTENSITY; FINE MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; PHONON ENERGIES; SINTERING AID; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL VALUES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM OXIDES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL CERAMICS; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

SINTERING;

EID: 80055115989     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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