Preparation and characterization of highly transparent Nd:YAG/YAG composite ceramics
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Abstract Using the co-precipitated Nd:YAG and YAG powders as raw materials, the Nd:YAG/YAG composite ceramics (Ф 50 mm × 5 mm) were prepared by vacuum sintering (1790 °C 50 h), followed by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) post treatment (1700 °C 2 h, 200 MPa Ar atmosphere) and air annealing (1250 °C 100 h). The optical properties of Nd:YAG/YAG samples were improved markedly by HIP post-treatment, mainly due to the elimination of residual pores in the samples. The composite sample showed a perfect bonding interface from Nd:YAG to YAG regions without obvious grain size difference, pores or other defects. This structure should be responsible for the thermal conductivity larger than that of non-composite sample. The composite sample revealed good optical properties with transmittance up to 83.9% at 1064 nm and 80.8% at 400 nm, and a maximum laser output power of 1.38 KW with the slope efficiency of 36.7% was obtained.
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OpenAlex topics: Solid State Laser Technologies · Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials · Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
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