OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2016
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IF 2.183
Lin Ge,Jiang Li,Haiyun Qu,Juntao Wang,Jiao Liu,Jiawei Dai,Zhiwei Zhou,Binglong Liu,Huamin Kou,Yun Shi,Zheng Wang,Yubai Pan,Qingsong Gao,Jingkun Guo
The sintering behavior and doping concentration profile of the planar waveguide YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG ceramics by the tape casting and solid-state reaction method were investigated on the basis of densification trajectory, microstructure evolution, and Nd 3+ ions diffusion . The porosity of the green body by tape casting and cold isostatic pressing is about 38.6%. And the green bodies were consolidated from 1100 °C to 1800 °C for 0.5–20 h to study the densification and the doping diffusion behaviors. At the temperature higher than 1500 °C, pure YAG phase is formed, followed by the densification and grain growth process. With the increase of temperature, two sintering stages occur, corresponding to remarkable densification and significant grain growth, respectively. The mechanism controlling densification at 1550 °C is grain boundary diffusion. The diffusion of Nd 3+ ions is more sensitive to temperature than the sintering time, and the minimum temperature required for the obvious diffusion of Nd 3+ ions is higher than 1700 °C. Finally, planar waveguide YAG/1.5 at.%Nd:YAG/YAG transparent ceramics with in-line transmittance of 84.8% at 1064 nm were obtained by vacuum-sintering at 1780 °C for 30 h. The fluorescence lifetime of 4 F 3/2 state of Nd 3+ in the specimen is about 259 μs. The prepared ceramic waveguide was tested in a laser amplifier and the laser pulse was amplificated from 87 mJ to 238 mJ, with the pump energy of 680 mJ.
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材料科学
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Optical Materials Express
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2014
·Vol. 4
·期 5
·1042-1049
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IF 2.923
Lin Ge,Jiang Li,Zhiwei Zhou,Haiyun Qu,Manjiang Dong,Yan Zhu,Tengfei Xie,Wei Li,Min Chen,Huamin Kou,Yun Shi,Yubai Pan,Xiqi Feng,Jingkun Guo
Composite YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG transparent ceramics for planar waveguide laser were fabricated by non-aqueous tape casting and solid-state reactive sintering. The slurry made from the oxide powder mixtures shows a shear thinning behavior. The morphologies of the tapes were homogeneous in structure, and the tapes had appropriate strength and toughness. After calcining at 600°C for 10h in air, the samples contained less than 0.05wt.% of carbon. No gaps were found between the layers on the fracture surface of the green body compacted by cold isostatic pressing. The composite YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG transparent ceramics with in-line transmittance of 82.5% at 1064nm were obtained by vacuum-sintering at 1760°C for 30h, whose average grain size is 36.8μm. The diffusion distance of the Nd3+ ions was about 150μm along the thickness direction of the ceramics.
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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY
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2018
·Vol. 102
·期 4
·1758-1767
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IF 2.956
Nan Jiang,Weiping Lin,Yu Zhao,Juntao Wang,Qingsong Gao,Haiyun Qu,Lin Ge,Tengfei Xie,Qiang Liu,Yubai Pan,Jiang Li
Using the tape casting method combined with vacuum sintering and hot isostatic pressing, high-quality planar waveguide YAG/10 at.%Yb:YAG/YAG ceramics were successfully prepared. For the sample presintered at 1750°C for 30 hours and then HIPed at 1700°C for 3 hours in 200 MPa argon, the in-line transmittance reached 82.5% at 400 nm and the average grain size was ~17.1 μm. The diffusion behaviors of Yb ions across the contact boundary between the cladding YAG layer and the core Yb:YAG layer were determined by Fick's second law. Then, a 1030 nm continuous-wave (CW) Yb:YAG planar waveguide ceramic laser based on the structure of master oscillator power amplification (MOPA) was realized. After a single-pass amplification, the maximum output of the ceramic slab (60 × 10 × 1 mm 3 ) reached 1251 W and the corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency was 30.0%, which is the highest output power of a Yb:YAG planar waveguide ceramic laser to the best of our knowledge.
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2017
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IF 2.238
Yu Zhao,Qiang Liu,Lin Ge,Chao Wang,Wenxue Li,Chao Yang,Juntao Wang,Lei Yuan,Tengfei Xie,Huamin Kou,Yubai Pan,Qingsong Gao,Yong Bo,Qinjun Peng,Zuyan Xu,Jiang Li
Highly transparent YAG/10at.%Yb:YAG/YAG planar waveguide ceramics were fabricated by the non-aqueous tape casting and solid-state reactive sintering technology. The tapes are relatively homogeneous and the green body shows a dense structure without distinct interfaces after the treatment of debinding and cold isostatic pressing . YAG/10at.%Yb:YAG/YAG ceramics with almost full dense structure were obtained by vacuum-sintering at 1760 °C for 30 h. For the mirror-polished sample with the thickness of 3.5 mm, the In-line transmittance was measured to be 83.6% at the visual wavelength of 400 nm. The diffusion distance of the Yb 3+ ions was about 215 μm along the thickness direction of the ceramics. In the lasing experiments, the YAG/10at.%Yb:YAG/YAG planar waveguide ceramics were end-pumped by a 976 nm semiconductor diode laser and enabled efficient continuous-wave lasers, which resulted in a maximum output power of 1.6 W and a slope efficiency of 34.4% at 1030 nm.
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OPTICAL MATERIALS
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2019
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IF 2.687
Nan Jiang,Yu Zhao,Zhiwei Zhu,Wenxue Li,Haiyun Qu,Haohong Chen,Lin Ge,Tengfei Xie,Qiang Liu,Yubai Pan,Jiang Li
Planar waveguide LuAG/10 at.%Yb:LuAG/LuAG laser ceramics were fabricated by the tape casting method combined with the vacuum pre-sintering and hot isostatic pressing (HIP) post-treatment. The morphologies of the raw materials, tapes and green bodies were observed. The microstructure, optical transmittance and the Yb 3+ ions distribution of the LuAG/10 at.%Yb:LuAG/LuAG ceramics with different pre-sintering temperatures after HIP post-treatment were mainly studied. The experimental results showed that the average grain size and in-line transmittance of the HIPed ceramics increased with the increase of pre-sintering temperature. For the LuAG/10 at.%Yb:LuAG/LuAG ceramics pre-sintered at 1825 °C for 20 h and then HIPed at 1700 °C for 3 h under 200 MPa Ar atmosphere, the in-line transmittance of the sample with the thickness of 2 mm was about 74% at 1100 nm and the maximum diffusion distance of Yb 3+ was about 166 μm. The bulk and grain boundary diffusion coefficients of Yb 3+ ions for the samples pre-sintered at 1775 °C–1825 °C after HIP post-treatment were calculated by Fick's second law by using the LA-ICP-MS. What's more, CW laser at 1030 nm was demonstrated and the maximum output power of 0.4 W with a slop efficiency of 9.4% was achieved.
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光学
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激光物理
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陶瓷
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