Fabrication and laser performance of highly transparent Nd:YAG ceramics from well-dispersed Nd:Y2O3 nanopowders by freeze-drying

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3853-3860

  Gong, Hua ^a   Zhang, Jian ^a   Tang, Ding Yuan ^a   Xie, Guo Qiang ^a   Huang, Hui ^a   Ma, Jan ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Freeze drying; Lasing Properties; Nd:Y2O3 nanopowders; Transparent ceramics; YAG

Indexed keywords

DIODE LASER PUMPING; FREEZE-DRIED PRECURSORS; FREEZE-DRYING; HIGH QUALITY; LASER PERFORMANCE; LASING PROPERTIES; NANO POWDERS; NANO-SIZED POWDER; ND:YAG CERAMIC; OUTPUT POWER; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTY; THICK SAMPLES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC; VACUUM SINTERING; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WELL-DISPERSED; YAG;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DRYING; FABRICATION; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; POWDERS; PUMPING (LASER); SINTERING;

NEODYMIUM;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOPOWDER; NEODYMIUM YTTRIUM ALUMINIUM GARNET CERAMIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FREEZE DRYING; NANOFABRICATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; VACUUM REACTIVE SINTERING;

EID: 81055140631     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0336-9     Document Type: Article

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