The word 'ceramics' is derived from the Greek keramos, meaning pottery and porcelain. The
opaque and translucent cement and clay often used in tableware are not appropriate for …

▪ Abstract Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 ) single crystals doped with active
species such as Nd and Yb have been used as laser media in solid-state lasers requiring …

Transparent polycrystalline YAG with nearly the same optical characteristics as those of a
single crystal were fabricated by a solid‐state reaction method using high‐purity powders (>…

Sesquioxide ceramics (Y 2 O 3 , Lu 2 O 3 and Sc 2 O 3 ) along with their solid solutions show
great potential as hosts for solid-state laser gain materials due to their great suitability for …

Nd-doped YAG (Y 3 Al 5 O 12 ) ceramics that contained from 1.1 to 4.8 at.% Nd additives and
exhibited nearly the same optical properties as those of a single crystal was fabricated by a …

This paper reports recent progress in the production of polycrystalline Nd:YAG (Y 3 Al 5 O
12 ), Nd:YSAG (Y 3 Sc 1.0 Al 4.0 O 12 ), Yb:YSAG ceramics, and a Nd‐doped YAG single …

For the present study, 1.1‐at.%‐Nd‐doped YAG ceramics with controlled amounts of grain‐boundary
phase were fabricated by a solid‐state reaction method using high‐purity powders. …

Polycrystalline, transparent YAG (Y 3 AI 5 O 12 ) ceramics were fabricated by a solid‐state
reaction method using high‐purity Al 2 O 3 and Y 2 O 3 powders. The mixed powder …

Diode-pumped laser oscillation in highly Nd 3+ -doped polycrystalline Y 3 Al 5 O 12 (YAG)
ceramics has been demonstrated. The Nd:YAG ceramics are highly transparent; the loss of a …

A Nd‐doped HfO 2 ‐Y 2 O 3 ceramic having excellent transmittance was synthesized by
HIPing, using high‐purity powders (>99.99 wt%) of Y 2 O 3 , Nd 2 O 3 , and HfO 2 . The mixed …