Abstract Sesquioxide ceramics (Y 2 O 3, Lu 2 O 3 and Sc 2 O 3) along with their solid
solutions show great potential as hosts for solid-state laser gain materials due to their great …

As a promising magneto-optical (MO) material applied in Faraday isolators, magnetooptical
ceramics possess excellent comprehensive properties and have attracted much attention …

Fine grained 8 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) transparent ceramics with high optical
and mechanical properties were fabricated by air pre-sintering and hot isostatic pressing …

Achieving full densification of some ceramic materials, such as Y2O3, without sintering aids
by spark plasma sintering (SPS) is a great challenge when plastic deformation contributes …

Abstract Non-stoichiometric Tb2 (Hf1− x Tb x) 2O7− x (x=− 0.07–0.45) magneto-optical
ceramics were fabricated by solid-state reactive sintering in vacuum combined with hot …

Abstract In this work, 5at.% Yb: Lu2O3 transparent ceramics were air‐annealed at different
temperatures to eliminate oxygen vacancies for laser performance improvement. The …

Abstract 2 at.% Tm: Lu 2 O 3 ceramics were fabricated by vacuum sintering plus hot isostatic
pressing (HIP) from nano-powders without sintering aids. The resultant powders consist of …

We report on growth, temperature-dependent spectroscopy, and laser experiments of Tm^
3+-doped YScO_3 mixed sesquioxide crystals. For the first time, cm^ 3-scale laser quality …

Abstract Highly transparent 4.5 at.% Sm: YAG ceramics were fabricated by solid-state
reactive sintering using tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) and CaO as sintering additives. The …

In order to fully pump and smoothen the temperature gradient of the gain medium,
multistage gradient doping Yb: YAG laser ceramics were designed. The composite green …