Optical Fluoride Nanoceramics

— This paper examines methods for the fabrication of optical fluoride nanoceramics and the compaction behavior of precursor powders. We discuss the basic drawbacks to the ceramics under consideration from the viewpoint of the physicochemical properties of fluorides. Lasing in ceramics has been demon...

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Published inInorganic materials Vol. 57; no. 6; pp. 555 - 578
Main Authors Kuznetsov, S. V., Alexandrov, A. A., Fedorov, P. P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.06.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Ceramic powders
Ceramics
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Erbium
Fluorides
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Science
Mechanical properties
Neodymium
Praseodymium
Thulium
Twinning
Ytterbium
lasers
scintillators
luminophores phosphors
fluorides
optical ceramics
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Summary:— This paper examines methods for the fabrication of optical fluoride nanoceramics and the compaction behavior of precursor powders. We discuss the basic drawbacks to the ceramics under consideration from the viewpoint of the physicochemical properties of fluorides. Lasing in ceramics has been demonstrated in the visible (praseodymium) and IR (neodymium, erbium, thulium, and ytterbium) spectral regions. The advantages of optical ceramics include the possibility of preparing large-aperture samples with improved mechanical characteristics and the presence of their own set of defects, including extensive polysynthetic twinning, which leads to the formation of new optical centers.
ISSN:0020-1685
1608-3172
DOI:10.1134/S0020168521060078