Optical and Spectroscopic Properties of Ho:Lu2O3 Transparent Ceramics Elaborated by Spark Plasma Sintering

Autor: Lucas Viers, Simon Guené-Girard, Gilles Dalla-Barba, Véronique Jubéra, Éric Cormier, Rémy Boulesteix, Alexandre Maître
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Ceramics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 208-221 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2571-6131
DOI: 10.3390/ceramics7010013
Popis: In this work, transparent ceramics were manufactured from nanopowders synthesized by aqueous coprecipitation followed by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) to ensure rapid and full densification. The photoluminescence of Ho:Lu2O3 transparent ceramics was studied in the Visible and IR domains as a function of Ho3+ dopant level from 0.5 at.% to 10 at.%. A cross-relaxation mechanism was identified and favors the 2 μm emission. All of the obtained results indicate that the optical properties are very similar between Lu2−xHoxO3 transparent ceramics and single crystals. Thus, the SPS technique appears to be a very promising method to manufacture such ceramics, which could be used as amplifier media for high-energy solid-state lasers.
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