@article{b2ed4e6f826d4f988de33948f91c3ba5,
title = "Nd3+-doped Lu2O3 transparent sesquioxide ceramics elaborated by the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) method. Part 1: Structural, thermal conductivity and spectroscopic characterization",
abstract = "We report the detailed analysis of both structural characterization by SEM, thermal conductivity of high value and high resolution spectroscopic properties of Nd3+-doped Lu2O3 transparent ceramics fabricated by the non-conventional SPS method. The emission spectra of the main C2 site shows two close 4F3/2 → 4I11/2 laser lines at 1076.3 and 1080.5 nm, respectively. The optical properties of the two C2 and C3i sites and of C2-C3i and C2-C2 Nd3+ pairs have especially been analyzed.",
keywords = "Laser ceramics, LuO sesquioxide, Nd ions, SPS method, Spectroscopic properties, Thermal conductivity",
author = "G. Alombert-Goget and Y. Guyot and M. Guzik and G. Boulon and A. Ito and T. Goto and A. Yoshikawa and M. Kikuchi",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by the ELyT (Engineering and Science Lyon Tohoku Laboratory) LIA (CNRS Associated International Laboratory) Program, Project M12 LASMAT, between the University of Lyon (France) and the Tohoku University in Sendai (Japan). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.optmat.2014.10.014",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "3--11",
journal = "Optical Materials",
issn = "0925-3467",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}