Laser Properties of Nd2O3 Doped Na2O–CaO–SiO2 Transparent Glass-Ceramics for Space Solar Energy

Energy conversion materials for the space solar power station

“…YAG has a hosting crystal structure, a high melting point, high quantum efficiency, high creep resistance, and a wide range of light transmittance; however, its disadvantages are high costs, high energy consumption, low uniformity, difficulty to prepare on a large scale, and requires a long preparation process and a high concentration of doping elements. [86,87,105] In addition to YAG, the transparent glass-ceramic laser is another kind of solid laser, [106] which is characterized by high fracture toughness, low cost, short cycles, easy preparation and doping. Moreover, transparent glass-ceramic offers large-scale and controllable preparation.…”

“…Hence, Wang and colleagues from the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB) developed a series of transparent glassceramics (Fig. 6), such as Nd 3+ doped Na 2 O-CaO-SiO 2 glass-ceramics, [106] Fe 2 O 3 doped MgO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 system glasses, [107,108] and Fe 2 O 3 doped MgO-Al 2 O 3 -SiO 2 -TiO 2 system glasses. [109] Among them, Nd 3+ doped Na 2 O-CaO-SiO 2 glass-ceramics are characterized by a higher than 20 nm full width at half maximum (FWHM) of adsorption peaks, which makes them a candidate for LWPT.…”

Kinetic analysis of the crystallization of Y2O3 and La2O3 doped Li2O–Al2O3–SiO2 glass

“…Owing to their unique and exceptional properties, glass ceramics have found extensive application in various fields, such as consumer products, aerospace, 1 biomedical, 1,2 architectural, 3 and electronic devices. 1 Among the many microcrystalline glass systems, Na 2 O–CaO–SiO 2 , 4 Li 2 O–Al 2 O 3 –SiO 2 (LAS), 5 BaO–Al 2 O 3 –SiO 2 , 6 and MgO–Al 2 O 3 –SiO 2 , 7 LAS is considered the most successful system. LAS glass ceramics exhibit outstanding properties, including a low coefficient of thermal expansion, high mechanical strength, and excellent chemical stability.…”