Influence of Yb and Si content on the sintering and phase changes of Yb: YAG laser ceramics

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2949-2956

  Hostaša, Jan ^a,b   Esposito, Laura ^b   Piancastelli, Andreana ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microstructure final; Optical properties; Powders solid state reaction; Sintering; YAG

Indexed keywords

DILATOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH VACUUM; HIGH-TEMPERATURE XRD; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE-FINAL; OXIDE POWDER; PHASE CHANGE; POWDERS-SOLID STATE REACTION; SI CONTENT; SINTERED MATERIALS; SINTERING AID; TETRAETHYL ORTHOSILICATES; YAG; YAG LASER; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POWDERS; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; THERMOANALYSIS; YTTERBIUM; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM OXIDE;

SINTERING;

EID: 84861664280     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2012.02.045     Document Type: Article

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