Cr^4＋在Al2O3透明陶瓷中的发光行为

采用传统无压烧结工艺制备出透明性良好的掺Cr的Al2O3透明陶瓷；测定了其吸收光谱和荧光光谱，发现在Al2O3六配位的八面体结构中，除了有Cr^3＋离子的特征吸收峰外，由于有Mg^2＋的电荷补偿作用，也有Cr^4＋离子，Cr^4＋的荧光发射峰位于1223nm附近，与Cr^4＋在四面体中的发光行为一致。但其荧光发射峰较窄，半高宽△λ仅为37nm。

Diode-pumped passively q-switched Nd : YAG ceramic laser with a Cr4+: YAG crystal-satiable absorber

Transparent polycrystalline Nd:YAG ceramics were fabricated by solid-state reactive sintering a mixture of commercial Al2O3,Y2O3, and Nd2O3 powders. The powders were mixed in ethanol and doped with 0.5 wt% tetraethoxysilane, dried, and pressed. Pressed samples were sintered at 1750 degrees C in vacuum. Transparent fully dense samples with average grain sizes of 10 mu m were obtained. The 1 at.% Nd:YAG ceramic was used to research passively Q-switched laser output with a Cr4+:YAG crystal as a saturable absorber. An average output power of 94 mW with a pulse width of 50 ns was obtained when the incident pump power was 750 mW. The slope efficiency was 13%. The pulse energy is 5 mu J, and the peak power is about 100 W.