Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 36, Issue 2, 210(2021)

Fabrication and Optical Property of Nd:Lu2O3 Transparent Ceramics for Solid-state Laser Applications

Ziyu LIU1,2, Guido TOCI3, Angela PIRRI4, Barbara PATRIZI3, Yagang FENG1,2, Xiaopu CHEN1,2, Dianjun HU1,2, Feng TIAN1,2, Lexiang WU1, Matteo VANNINI3, and Jiang LI1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 11. Key Laboratory of Transparent Opto-functional Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201899, China
  • 22. Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronic Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 33. Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-INO, Via Madonna del Piano 10C, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Fi), Italy
  • 44. Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Carrara”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-IFAC, Via Madonna del Piano 10C, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Fi), Italy
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    Category: RESEARCH LETTERS

    Received: Mar. 23, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 24, 2021

    The Author Email: LI Jiang (lijiang@mail.sic.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20200143

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