Parasitic light absorption processes in transparent polycrystalline MgAl 2 O 4 and YAG

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3523-3529

  Goldstein, Adrian ^a   Shames, Alexander I ^b   Stevenson, Adam J ^c,d   Cohen, Zvi ^a   Vulfson, Marina ^a  

^a ISRAEL CERAMIC AND SILICATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d Saint Gobain CREE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION PROCESS; NEUTRAL SPECIES; PARASITIC RADIATIONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE CERAMICS; RARE-EARTH METALS; SPECTRAL EFFECTS; VACANCY FORMATION;

MOLECULES;

IMPURITIES;

EID: 84887816865     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jace.12525     Document Type: Article

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