We can fabricate large-sized ceramics material which can’t produce with conventional single crystals.
Transparent ceramics have an order of magnitude higher thermal conductivity than optical glass.
YAG | Y2O3 | Sc2O3 | Lu2O3 | glass | Quartz | Sapphire |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11.4 | 14.7 | 17 | 12.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 37 |
Complex-shaped ceramics can be fabricated by near-net shape molding.
Bonding two pieces of YAG ceramics which contain different dopant ions can be made.
Ceramics have excellent mechanical properties (strength and hardness) compared with single crystals, since ceramics are composed by numerous numbers of microcrystals.
Our ceramics have high corrosion resistance against acids, alkalis, plasmas, etc.
Because corrosion from the surface grain boundaries is suppressed to the utmost by purifying them.