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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 5, 549(2019)

Defects and solarization in YAG transparent ceramics

Le Zhang1,2,5, Jiadong Wu1, Petr Stepanov2, Micah Haseman2, Tianyuan Zhou1,2,3, David Winarski2, Pooneh Saadatkia2, Sahil Agarwal2, Farida A. Selim2,6、*, Hao Yang3, Qitu Zhang3, Yun Wang4, Chingping Wong5, and Hao Chen1,7、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
  • 2Center for Photochemical Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA
  • 3College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China
  • 4School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • 5School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA
  • 6e-mail: faselim@bgsu.edu
  • 7e-mail: chenhao@jsnu.edu.cn
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    Le Zhang, Jiadong Wu, Petr Stepanov, Micah Haseman, Tianyuan Zhou, David Winarski, Pooneh Saadatkia, Sahil Agarwal, Farida A. Selim, Hao Yang, Qitu Zhang, Yun Wang, Chingping Wong, Hao Chen, "Defects and solarization in YAG transparent ceramics," Photonics Res. 7, 549 (2019)

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    Category: Optical and Photonic Materials

    Received: Sep. 28, 2018

    Accepted: Mar. 9, 2019

    Published Online: Apr. 19, 2019

    The Author Email: Farida A. Selim (faselim@bgsu.edu), Hao Chen (chenhao@jsnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000549

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