Fabrication and Property of Yb:CaF2 Laser Ceramics from Co-precipitated Nanopowders

doi:10.15541/jim20190121

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Transparent ytterbium doped calcium fluoride ceramics (Yb:CaF₂) were successfully fabricated by vacuum sintering and hot pressing post-treatment from coprecipitated powders. In-line transmittance of 5at% Yb:CaF₂ transparent ceramics fabricated by pre-sintering at 600 ℃ for 1 h and hot pressing post-treatment at 700 ℃ for 2 h, reaches 92.0% at the wavelength of 1200 nm. Microstructure, spectroscopic characteristics and laser performance of the ceramics were measured and discussed. The sample shows a homogeneous microstructure with average grain size of 360 nm. Furthermore, the absorption cross section at 977 nm and the emission cross section at the 1030 nm of the ceramics are calculated to 0.39×10 ^-20 cm ²and 0.26×10 ^-20 cm ², respectively. Finally, the laser behavior was tested, finding a maximum output power of 0.9 W while the highest slope efficiency was 23.6%.

Key words: Yb:CaF₂, co-precipitation synthesis, two-step sintering, laser ceramics, optical property

CLC Number:

TQ174

WEI Jia-Bei, TOCI Guido, PIRRI Angela, PATRIZI Barbara, FENG Ya-Gang, VANNINI Matteo, LI Jiang. Fabrication and Property of Yb:CaF₂ Laser Ceramics from Co-precipitated Nanopowders[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2019, 34(12): 1341-1348.

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Output coupler transmission/%	Maximum power/W	Slope efficiency/%	Optical efficiency/%
2.2	0.429	9.6	8.4
5.9	0.845	18.2	15.6
7.2	0.886	21.2	17.6
12.4	0.874	23.6	19.1

Output coupler transmission/%	Maximum power/W	Slope efficiency/%	Optical efficiency/%
2.2	0.429	9.6	8.4
5.9	0.845	18.2	15.6
7.2	0.886	21.2	17.6
12.4	0.874	23.6	19.1

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