Abstract
The method of self-propagating high-temperature synthesis of submicron powders with subsequent vacuum sintering was used to produce a series of optical ceramics based on dysprosium oxide , where , 0.85, and 0.9. The influence of ceramics composition on optical transmission of the obtained samples was investigated. The studied materials had several transparency windows in the visible 500–730 nm, near-IR 1900–2300 nm, and mid-IR 3500–7500 nm ranges. The dependence of the Verdet constant on wavelength in the 400–1940 nm range was measured for each ceramics composition, and analytical approximations were obtained. When Y and La dopants were used, the Verdet constant depended linearly on the concentration of ions, and its value in the visible wavelength range was about twice that of the analogous value for a terbium gallium garnet crystal. The high transmission and relatively high Verdet constant make the produced materials highly promising for fabricating Faraday devices for and lasers and for lasers emitting in the visible spectrum.
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