Solid-state reactive sintering and optical characteristics of transparent Er:YAG laser ceramics

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1029-1032

  Li, Jiang ^a   Zhou, Jun ^a   Pan, Yubai ^a   Liu, Wenbin ^a   Zhang, Wenxin ^a   Guo, Jingkun ^a   Chen, Hao ^b   Shen, Deyuan ^b   Yang, Xiaofang ^c   Zhao, Ting ^c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JIANGSU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; ER:YAG LASERS; IN-LINE; LASER OPERATIONS; LASING WAVELENGTH; MGO; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; REACTIVE SINTERING; RESONANT PUMPING; SCATTERING LOSS; SINTERING AID; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES; VACUUM SINTERING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ERBIUM;

SINTERING;

EID: 84855449021     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04915.x     Document Type: Article

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