Abstract

Highly transparent 0.5 and 1.0 at% Pr-doped Y2O3 ceramics were fabricated by vacuum sintering plus hot isostatic pressing (HIP) treatment. The selection of suitable pre-sintering temperatures and right microstructures before HIP was critical to obtain high density of the final sintered bodies. The well-densified ceramics had pore-free microstructures with an average grain size of about 1 µm. It was also found that the charge states of the Pr ions could be changed through regulating the annealing atmospheres, resulting in different absorption and emission characteristics in the visible wavelength region. Annealing in reducing atmosphere (5% H2/95% Ar) favored the formation of Pr3+, resulting in stronger red emissions, while annealing in oxygen atmosphere led to the rise of lattice constant due to the concentration increase of oxygen interstitials. The H2/Ar-annealed 0.5 at% Pr:Y2O3 ceramics exhibited strong red emission at 600–675 nm, which may be a promising gain material for red solid-state lasers.

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Title
High transparency Pr:Y2O3 ceramics: A promising gain medium for red emission solid-state lasers
Author
Li, Qing 1 ; Wang, Ying 1 ; Wang, Jun 1 ; Ma, Jie 1 ; Ni Meng 2 ; Lin, Hui 3 ; Zhang, Jian 4 ; Liu, Peng 1 ; Xu, Xiaodong 1 ; Tang Dingyuan 2 

 Jiangsu Normal University, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xuzhou, China (GRID:grid.411857.e) (ISNI:0000 0000 9698 6425) 
 Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore, Singapore (GRID:grid.59025.3b) (ISNI:0000 0001 2224 0361) 
 University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Engineering Research Center of Optical Instrument and System, Ministry of Education and Shanghai Key Lab of Modern Optical System, Shanghai, China (GRID:grid.267139.8) (ISNI:0000 0000 9188 055X) 
 Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Shanghai, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309) 
Pages
874-881
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Jun 2022
Publisher
Tsinghua University Press
ISSN
22264108
e-ISSN
22278508
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2665416921
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.