Abstract
Highly transparent 2 at.% Nd:YAG ceramics were prepared by a solid-state reaction sintering method using commercial high-purity powders of α-Al2O3, Y2O3 and Nd2O3. For the Nd:YAG ceramics sintered at 1750°C for 50h, a dense and pore-free microstructure with average grain size of about 15μm was obtained, whose in-line transmittances reached 84.2% at 1064nm and 81.7% at 400nm, respectively. As the surface conditions of Nd:YAG ceramic influence the laser behavior significantly, especially the laser-induced damage, the interaction between laser and Nd:YAG ceramics was mainly investigated. Three kinds of Nd:YAG ceramics with different surface roughness were prepared by different polishing processes. It was found that the surface roughness influenced the laser-induced damage threshold significantly. In addition, we also calculated the laser-induced damage threshold and observed the damage morphology of ceramics.
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