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Developments in Ceramic Materials Research

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Optical Fluoride and Oxysulfide <strong>Ceramic</strong>s: Preparation and Characterization 75<br />

Figure 20. Characteristic microphotographs of ceramic samples: a - Gd 2O 2S:Nd (0,1wt.%), b -<br />

Gd2O 2S:Nd (0,5wt.%), c - La 2O 2S:Nd (1wt.%).<br />

b<br />

c<br />

The texture over the (001) plane <strong>in</strong> Gd2O2S: Nd 3+ samples is estimated by x-ray<br />

diffraction and reveals the <strong>in</strong>fluence of the impurity concentration: the texture <strong>in</strong> (001) plane<br />

get halved upon rais<strong>in</strong>g the Nd 3+ concentration from 0.1 to 0.5 wt. %, that corresponds to<br />

reduction of quantity of gra<strong>in</strong>s oriented along this plane.<br />

Further a spectroscopic characteristics of oxysulfide translucent optical ceramics which<br />

can be perspective for 1-μm las<strong>in</strong>g with high quantum efficiency [48, 49] is given.

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