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OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS
Volume 4, Issue 10, Pages 2108-2115Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OME.4.002108
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- Major Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China [50990301]
- Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China [91022035]
- Project for Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China [51002172, 51302298]
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2.0at.% Nd: YAG transparent ceramics were prepared by a solid-state reactive sintering method. The as-sintered specimens were annealed at different temperatures for different time. The ceramics with average grain size of 15 mu m are dense and homogeneous in structure. 1450 degrees C is determined as the optimum annealing temperature and the annealing time longer than 5h is considered as the appropriate time by the optical spectra and laser performance. At this temperature and holding time, the concentration of color centers in the specimen is relatively low and the laser slope efficiency is the highest. It is concluded that less color centers and lower optical loss in Nd:YAG transparent ceramics are necessary to obtain the excellent laser performance. (C) 2014Optical Society of America
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