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JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
Volume 39, Issue 2-3, Pages 635-640Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.10.003
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Photodarkening; Solid-state laser; Ytterbium
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61575089]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Ministry of Education (MOE), Singapore [2016-T1-001-026]
- A*Star of Singapore [A1883C0003]
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5 at.% Yb:Y2O3 transparent ceramics were fabricated using vacuum sintering plus HIP. The ceramics doped with 1 at.% ZrO2 as the sintering additive were densified at 1700 degrees C in vacuum followed by HIPing at 1775 degrees C, while those without sintering additives were densified at 1520 degrees C in vacuum followed by HIPing at 1450 degrees C. After sintering, both ceramics had relatively high in-line transmittance. However, during laser experiments, the ZrO2 doped Yb:Y2O3 (Zr-YbY) ceramics were photodarkened when irradiated by 940 nm pump light. The discoloration might be attributed to the formation of Zr3+ color centers during lasing. In contrast, no photodarkening effect was detected in the pure Yb:Y2O3 ceramics without sintering additives (P-YbY). The P-YbY ceramics exhibited much higher lasing efficiency (17%) than the Zr-YbY ceramics (9%). To our best knowledge, it is the first time that the photodarkening effect was detected in rare-earth doped sesquioxide laser ceramics.
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