Fabrication and Characterizations of Yb:YAG Transparent Ceramics Using Alcohol-water Co-precipitation Method

Xinyou HUANG; Yumin LIU; Yang LIU; Xiaoying LI; Yagang FENG; Xiaopu CHEN; Penghui CHEN; Xin LIU; Tengfei XIE; Jiang LI

doi:10.15541/jim20200231

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