@article{00d8ff1915fd4a928e03008284ee1f04,
title = "Nd3+-doped Lu2O3 transparent sesquioxide ceramics elaborated by the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) method. Part 2: First laser output results and comparison with Nd3+-doped Lu2O3 and Nd3+-Y2O3 ceramics elaborated by a conventional method",
abstract = "We report the first demonstration of laser oscillation of two close IR emission lines at 1076.3 nm and 1080.5 nm using a 1% Nd3+-doped Lu2O3 transparent ceramics fabricated by the non-conventional Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) method. A comparison is made with Nd3+-doped Lu2O3 and Nd3+-doped Y2O3 ceramics elaborated by HIP conventional method.",
keywords = "Laser ceramics, LuO sesquioxide, Nd ions, SPS method",
author = "G. Toci and M. Vannini and M. Ciofini and A. Lapucci and A. Pirri and A. Ito and T. Goto and A. Yoshikawa and A. Ikesue and G. Alombert-Goget and Y. Guyot and G. Boulon",
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) who want to express their gratitude to the Firenze{\textquoteright}s team for laser measurements. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.",
year = "2015",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.optmat.2014.09.033",
language = "English",
volume = "41",
pages = "12--16",
journal = "Optical Materials",
issn = "0925-3467",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}