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JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC CRYSTALS ›› 2024, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (12): 2043-2058.

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Research Progress on Lu2O3 Based Laser Transparent Ceramics

ZHAO Wenhai1, TAO Shixu1, TONG Siyi1, TANG Jian1, ZUO Chuandong1,2, CAO Yongge1,3, MA Chaoyang1   

  1. 1. Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China;
    2. Zhongke Haoye Dongguan Material Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan 523808, China;
    3. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • Received:2024-09-13 Online:2024-12-15 Published:2024-12-20

Abstract: Sesquioxide Lu2O3 has excellent thermodynamic properties, low phonon energy and strong crystal field characteristics, making it one of the excellent candidates for wideband high-power laser matrix materials in the near-infrared and mid-infrared spectra (1~3 μm), and attracting widespread attention in recent years. Since Lu2O3 has a melting point of up to 2 450 ℃, growing single crystal is extremely difficult, limiting its application development. However, Lu2O3 belongs to the cubic crystal system and is optically isotropic, making Lu2O3-based transparent ceramics a viable option. Compared to single crystal, transparent ceramics can be sintered at lower temperatures (60%~80% of the melting point of crystals) to prepare large-size samples, while the sintering cycle is greatly reduced and more conducive to mass production, so the preparation of Lu2O3-based transparent ceramics as a new type of laser material has the potential for a wider range of applications in scientific research, industrial production and daily life. In this paper, the preparation technology and properties of Lu2O3-based laser transparent ceramics doped with rare earth ions (Nd3+, Er3+, Yb3+, Tm3+, Ho3+) are reviewed.In the future, the development of half-oxide Lu2O3-based laser ceramics will be focused on large size, high power output, low scattering characteristics, high thermal stability, and composite structure design to promote the development of high-performance solid-state lasers.

Key words: transparent ceramics, Lu2O3, laser ceramics, sesquioxide, solid-state laser, laser gain medium

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