Transparent ceramics gain much attention as an alternative medium for high power ultra-short lasers because of its superior thermal properties over single crystals. Measurement of nonlinear refractive index is essential to understand the limit of such material for ultra-short laser generation. Dual arm Z-scan technique was employed to measure n2 for single crystal and ceramic at the same time t...

Tm3+/Yb3+ codoped transparent glass ceramic containing β-PbF2 nanocrystals was successfully prepared. After thermal treatment, emissions from the state of Tm3+ excited by 980 nm laser were greatly quenched by cross relaxation and the 700 nm luminescence from Tm3+:3F2,3→3H6 transition was strongly enhanced. A nearly monochromatic red luminescence band was observed. Based on the luminescence deca...

A sample of Eu-activated lutetium sesquioxide transparent ceramic has been investigated by combined scintillation and thermoluminescence excited by prolonged gamma-ray irradiation. The thermoluminescence glow curve partially confirms and extends a previous model for afterglow following pulsed X-ray excitation. The initial concentration of hole traps, tentatively attributed to anion Frenkel defe...

Transparent Y3Al5O12-based polycrystalline ceramics with excessive Al2O3 composition (Al2O3-26 mol%Y2O3, AY26) have been demonstrated as potential host materials for phosphor applications. However, the crystallization mechanism of AY26 glass has not thoroughly investigated so far. In this work, non-isothermal kinetics was experimentally analyzed. The depicts high activation energy and volume nu...

A research program on failure modes induced by spherical indenters in brittle layer structures bonded to polymeric substrates, in simulation of occlusal function in all-ceramic dental crowns, is surveyed. Tests are made on model flat and curved layers bonded onto a dentin-like polymer base, in bilayer (ceramic/polymer) and trilayer (ceramic/ceramic/polymer) configurations. All-transparent syste...

A systematic study of the mechanical deformation and failure of transparent ceramic aluminum oxynitride (AlON) has been conducted using a depth-sensitive nanoindentation technique combined with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and Raman spectroscopy. Although discrete displacement bursts appear in the load–depth profiles at high applied forces, a detectable high-pressure phase transition ...