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The scandium impact on the sintering of YSAG:Yb ceramics with high optical transmittance

Optical ceramics based on Yb2O3–Y2O3-Sc2O3–Al2O3 solid solutions with a garnet structure were obtained using chemical precipitation and vacuum sintering techniques. In the samples' composition, scandium was incorporated into both dodecahedral and octahedral garnet sites in ratios from 4: 1 to 1...

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Main Authors: Nikova, M. S., Никова, М. С., Tarala, V. A., Тарала, В. А., Malyavin, F. F., Малявин, Ф. Ф., Vakalov, D. S., Вакалов, Д. С., Lapin, V. A., Kuleshov, D. S., Кулешов, Д. С., Kravtsov, A. A., Кравцов, А. А., Chikulina, I. S., Чикулина, И. С., Tarala, L. V., Тарала, Л. В., Evtushenko, E. A., Евтушенко, Е. А., Medyanik, E. V., Медяник, Е. В., Krandievsky, S. O., Крандиевский, С. О., Лапин, В. А.
Format: Статья
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2020
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Online Access:https://dspace.ncfu.ru/handle/20.500.12258/14199
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Summary:Optical ceramics based on Yb2O3–Y2O3-Sc2O3–Al2O3 solid solutions with a garnet structure were obtained using chemical precipitation and vacuum sintering techniques. In the samples' composition, scandium was incorporated into both dodecahedral and octahedral garnet sites in ratios from 4: 1 to 1: 4. The differential thermal analysis and dilatometry methods were used to study the phase transformations kinetics of the precursor powders and the vacuum sintering kinetics of YSAG:Yb compacts. It was found that the garnet cationic composition has a strong effect on the optical ceramics' sintering temperature ranges. It was also pointed out that an increase in the scandium content in the dodecahedral YSAG:Yb garnet site was accompanied by a decrease in the vacuum sintering temperature, which ensures maximum compaction rate. For the samples with the Y2.15Yb0.25Sc1.00Al4.6O12, Y2.35Yb0.25Sc1.00Al4.4O12, Y2.55Yb0.25Sc1.00Al4.2O12, Y2.52Yb0.25Sc0.38Al4.85O12 compositions, optical transmission in visible and near-infrared range of more than 80% was achieved