Selection of different sintering aids and heat-treatment of Y 2O 3 raw powders for Yb 3+:Y 3Al 5O 12 transparent ceramics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8206, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chen, Chong ^a   Zhou, Shengming ^a   Lin, Hui ^a   Yi, Qing ^a  

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

Author keywords

microstructure; morphology of the raw powder; sintering aids; Yb:YAG transparent ceramics

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL GRAIN GROWTH; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; FULL DENSIFICATION; GRAIN-BOUNDARY MOBILITY; LASER OUTPUT; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PRE-CALCINATION; RAW POWDERS; SINTERING AID; SINTERING AIDS; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC;

CALCINATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; HIGH POWER LASERS; LANTHANUM; LANTHANUM OXIDES; LASER DAMAGE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POWDERS; YTTERBIUM; ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS;

SINTERING;

EID: 84863147238     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.910348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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