Laser ceramics have a long developing history since the first demonstration of lasing in the
Dy2+: CaF2 ceramic. Great improvements in fabrication process and novel ideas have led to …

Composite YAG/Nd: YAG/YAG transparent ceramics for planar waveguide laser were
fabricated by non-aqueous tape casting and solid-state reactive sintering. The slurry made …

Transparent Nd: YAG ceramics were fabricated by solid-state reactive sintering of Y 2 O 3, α-
Al 2 O 3 and Nd 2 O 3 powders with TEOS and MgO as sintering aids. The powders were …

Polycrystalline Nd: YAG ceramics were fabricated by the solid-state reaction and vacuum
sintering method using Y 2 O 3, α-Al 2 O 3 and Nd 2 O 3 as starting powders. These …

Neodymium doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) ultrafine powders were synthesized
by co-precipitation method using MgO as dopant. The addition of small amount of MgO can …

Yb3+ doped YAG transparent ceramics have great potential as gain medium for high-power
solid-state lasers due to many advantages, such as broad absorption and emission bands …

Influence of Y 2 O 3 commercial powders preheat-treating in oxygen atmosphere on solid-
state reactive sintering of Nd doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) transparent …

Lasing efficiency of neodymium-doped yttrium–aluminium garnet (YAG) ceramic samples,
which were fabricated at the Fryazino Branch of the Kotelnikov Institute of Radio …

Well-dispersed yttria nanopowders were synthesized by a precipitation method from yttrium
nitrate solution using ammonium hydrogen carbonate as a precipitant. Needle-like precursor …

This article focuses on the importance of the ceramic production process for the final
transparency and overall optical quality of materials to be used as laser hosts. YAG-based …