Influences of the Sc3+ content on the microstructure and optical properties of 10 at.% Yb:Y3ScxAl5-xO12 laser ceramics

Anno: 2020

Autori: Feng Y., Toci G., Pirri A., Patrizi B., Chen X., Wei J., Pan H., Zhang, X., Li X., Vannini M., Li J.

Affiliazione autori: Key Laboratory of Transparent Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China; Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China; Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-INO, Via Madonna del Piano 10C, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Fi), Italy; Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Carrara”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-IFAC, Via Madonna del Piano 10C, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino (Fi), Italy; School of Material Science and Engineering, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

Abstract: 10 at.% Yb:Y3ScxAl5-xO12 (x = 0.25, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5) transparent ceramics have been successfully fabricated by the solid state reaction method combined with vacuum sintering, whose transmittances reach 80% at 1100 nm with thickness of 3.0 mm. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the emission peaks located at about 1030 nm increases for increasing the Sc3+ content, and a maximum FWHM of 14.53 nm is obtained for 10 at.% Yb:Y3Sc1.5Al3.5O12 ceramics, which is 1.4 times larger than that of the 10 at.% Yb:Y3Al5O12 (Yb:YAG) ceramics. Finally, the laser performance of the 10 at.% Yb:Y3Sc1.5Al3.5O12 ceramics was tested and compared with that of a standard 10 at.% Yb:YAG sample. In quasi continuous wave (QCW) regime, a maximum laser output power of 10.8 W was obtained with the slope efficiency of 66.4%. The tuning range significantly broadens in the case of the Yb:YSAG sample, reaching a width of 86.2 nm.

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Giornale/Rivista: JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Volume: 815      Da Pagina: 152637-1  A: 152637-9

Parole chiavi: Yb:Y3ScxAl5-xO12
Laser ceramics
Microstructure
Optical properties
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2019.152637

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