Densification behavior, doping profile and planar waveguide laser performance of the tape casting YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG ceramics
| Autor: | Jiao Liu, Zhiwei Zhou, Jingkun Guo, Lin Ge, Yun Shi, Huamin Kou, Juntao Wang, Jiawei Dai, Binglong Liu, Jiang Li, Yubai Pan, Wang Zheng, Qingsong Gao, Haiyun Qu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Tape casting
Materials science Transparent ceramics Organic Chemistry Sintering Green body 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Microstructure 01 natural sciences Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials 010309 optics Inorganic Chemistry Grain growth visual_art 0103 physical sciences visual_art.visual_art_medium Grain boundary diffusion coefficient Ceramic Electrical and Electronic Engineering Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Composite material 0210 nano-technology Spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Optical Materials. 60:221-229 |
| ISSN: | 0925-3467 |
| Popis: | The sintering behavior and doping concentration profile of the planar waveguide YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG ceramics by the tape casting and solid-state reaction method were investigated on the basis of densification trajectory, microstructure evolution, and Nd 3+ ions diffusion. The porosity of the green body by tape casting and cold isostatic pressing is about 38.6%. And the green bodies were consolidated from 1100 °C to 1800 °C for 0.5–20 h to study the densification and the doping diffusion behaviors. At the temperature higher than 1500 °C, pure YAG phase is formed, followed by the densification and grain growth process. With the increase of temperature, two sintering stages occur, corresponding to remarkable densification and significant grain growth, respectively. The mechanism controlling densification at 1550 °C is grain boundary diffusion. The diffusion of Nd 3+ ions is more sensitive to temperature than the sintering time, and the minimum temperature required for the obvious diffusion of Nd 3+ ions is higher than 1700 °C. Finally, planar waveguide YAG/1.5 at.%Nd:YAG/YAG transparent ceramics with in-line transmittance of 84.8% at 1064 nm were obtained by vacuum-sintering at 1780 °C for 30 h. The fluorescence lifetime of 4 F 3/2 state of Nd 3+ in the specimen is about 259 μs. The prepared ceramic waveguide was tested in a laser amplifier and the laser pulse was amplificated from 87 mJ to 238 mJ, with the pump energy of 680 mJ. |
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