Effect of Pulsed Nd:YAG Laser Energy on Crystallization in $Li_2O - Al_2O_3 - SiO_2$ Glass

  • Lee, Yong--Su (Dept. of New Mater. Sci. and Engin., Dankook University) ;
  • Kang, Won--Ho (Dept. of New Mater. Sci. and Engin., Dankook University)
  • Published : 2001.07.01

Abstract

A 355 nm (3.5 eV) neodymium:yttrium aluminum gamet laser, produced by a harmonic generator, was used to create silver metallic particles as seeds for nucleation in photosensitive glass containing Ag+ and Ce3+ ions. The pulse width and frequency of the laser were 8 ns and 10 Hz, respectively. Heat treatment was conducted at 570 C for 1 h, following laser irradiation, to produce crystalline growth, after which a LiAlSi3O8 crystal phase appeared in the laser-irradiated Li2O A1203 SiO2 glass. For the Present study, we compared the effect of laser-induced crystallization on glass crystallization with that of spontaneous crystallization by heat treatment.

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