Synthesis of novel transparent glass-ceramics containing rare earth ion-doped YLF nanocrystals for fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers

Takenobu Suzuki; Shin-ichiro Masaki; Kento Mizuno; Shintaro Mizuno; Yasutake Ohishi

doi:10.1117/12.874309

14 February 2011 Synthesis of novel transparent glass-ceramics containing rare earth ion-doped YLF nanocrystals for fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers

Takenobu Suzuki, Shin-ichiro Masaki, Kento Mizuno, Shintaro Mizuno, Yasutake Ohishi

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Proceedings Volume 7934, Optical Components and Materials VIII; 793403 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874309
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Silicate based transparent glass-ceramics containing YLiF₄(YLF) nanocrsystals have synthesized by conventional melt quenching of glass followed by controlled heat treatment of the precursor glass. X-ray diffraction powder pattern of the glass-ceramic revealed that precipitated crystalline phase was solely YLF. The averaged diameter of primary crystallites was roughly about 8 nm. It was confirmed by comparison of the fluorescent properties of rare-earth ions-doped precursor glass and glass-ceramic that rare-earth ions could be successfully incorporated into YLF nano-crystals in the glass-ceramics. This transparent glass-ceramic containing YLF nano-crystals is promising as a gain medium in rare earth-doped fiber lasers and amplifiers.

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Takenobu Suzuki, Shin-ichiro Masaki, Kento Mizuno, Shintaro Mizuno, and Yasutake Ohishi "Synthesis of novel transparent glass-ceramics containing rare earth ion-doped YLF nanocrystals for fiber amplifiers and fiber lasers", Proc. SPIE 7934, Optical Components and Materials VIII, 793403 (14 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874309

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