Abstract : This study shows that a perfect control of each steps of the elaboration process (powder synthesis, shaping and sintering) is needed to avoid defects affecting the transparency of Nd:YAG ceramics developed for high power laser applications.
Rémy Boulesteix, Alexandre Maitre, yoël Rabinovitch, Sallé Christian. Ceramic processes applied to amplifier media for high power lasers: potentialities and limits. (Poster). 2013. ⟨hal-00979791⟩