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Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 5, 549 (2019)

Defects and solarization in YAG transparent ceramics

Le Zhang^1、2、5, Jiadong Wu¹, Petr Stepanov², Micah Haseman², Tianyuan Zhou^1、2、3, David Winarski², Pooneh Saadatkia², Sahil Agarwal², Farida A. Selim^2、6、*, Hao Yang³, Qitu Zhang³, Yun Wang⁴, Chingping Wong⁵, and Hao Chen^1、7、*

Author Affiliations

¹Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China

²Center for Photochemical Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403, USA

³College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China

⁴School of Mechanical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

⁵School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA

⁶e-mail: faselim@bgsu.edu

⁷e-mail: chenhao@jsnu.edu.cn

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Le Zhang, Jiadong Wu, Petr Stepanov, Micah Haseman, Tianyuan Zhou, David Winarski, Pooneh Saadatkia, Sahil Agarwal, Farida A. Selim, Hao Yang, Qitu Zhang, Yun Wang, Chingping Wong, Hao Chen. Defects and solarization in YAG transparent ceramics[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(5): 549 Copy Citation Text

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Le Zhang, Jiadong Wu, Petr Stepanov, Micah Haseman, Tianyuan Zhou, David Winarski, Pooneh Saadatkia, Sahil Agarwal, Farida A. Selim, Hao Yang, Qitu Zhang, Yun Wang, Chingping Wong, Hao Chen. Defects and solarization in YAG transparent ceramics[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(5): 549

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