Rare-earth-doped crystals are excellent hardware for quantum storage of photons.
Additional functionality of these materials is added by their waveguiding properties allowing …

Abstract Single crystals of Gd 3 Ga 3 Al 2 O 12: Ce with different codopants were
successfully grown using the Czochralski technique. Optical and scintillation properties of …

The inefficient luminescence performance of Ce3+ activated glasses is primarily responsible
for their commercial failure compared to the Ce3+ activated crystalline materials that are …

Transparent ceramics are emerging as future materials for lasers, scintillation, and
illumination. In this paper, an interesting and surprising phenomenon in YAG transparent …

A luminescent concentrator functioning as a bright source of yellow light is reported. It
comprises a waveguide made of cerium-doped YAG crystal, in the form of a long-thin …

Electronic defects and exciton traps were studied in yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) single
crystals by wavelength and temperature resolved thermoluminescence (TL). Measurements …

Abstract Dysprosium (Dy 3+ ions) doped YAG nanopowders were prepared by the solution
combustion synthesis (SCS) method and undoped yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG, Y 3 Al 5 O …

Quantifying the nature and density of lattice defects in high-quality crystals is often difficult or
impossible with commonly employed material characterization techniques. In many cases …

YAG: Ce single crystals were annealed in air atmosphere at different temperatures. Their
optical properties, such as optical absorption, cathodoluminescence spectra …

Laser ablation refers to the phenomenon in which a low wavelength and short pulse (ns-fs)
duration of laser beam irradiates the surface of a target to induce instant local vaporization of …