Mid-infrared Emission Properties of Transparent Er: YScO3 Laser Ceramic

The spectroscopic characterization of compositionally disordered (Er
0.072
SC
0.445
Y
0.483
)
2
O
3
transparent ceramic was carried out. The sample was obtained using vacuum sintering of nano-sized particles produced by the laser ablation method. Er
³
+ ions in this ceramic feature strong inhomogeneous spectral broadening and intense mid-infrared luminescence.