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      A New Sol-Gel Route Towards Nd3+-doped SiO2-LaF3 Glass-Ceramics for Photonic Applications 

      Cruz, María Eugenia; Durán, Alicia; Balda de la Cruz, Rolindes ORCID; Fernández Rodríguez, Joaquín Manuel; Mather, Glenn C.; Castro, Yolanda (Royal Society Of Chemistry, 2020-12-01)
      Glass-ceramic materials with composition 0.9Nd(3+)-80SiO(2)-20LaF(3) were successfully obtained and further heat-treated at 450 degrees C for 6 h. Stable and homogeneous LaF3 nanoparticle suspensions with and without Nd3+ ...
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      KLaF4:Nd3+ doped transparent glass-ceramics processed by spark plasma sintering 

      Babu, S.; Balda de la Cruz, Rolindes ORCID; Fernández Rodríguez, Joaquín Manuel; Sedano Rodríguez, María de las Mercedes; Gorni, Giulio; Cabral, Aluisio Alves; Galusek, Dušan; Durán, Alicia; Pascual, María Jesús (Elsevier, 2022-02-15)
      [EN] Transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics (GCs) containing KLaF4 nanocrystals (NCs) doped with Nd3+ were prepared by Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS). Glass powder pellets were sintered under a vacuum atmosphere, optimizing ...
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      Non-Linear Optical Properties of Er3+–Yb3+-Doped NaGdF4 Nanostructured Glass–Ceramics 

      Velázquez, José J.; Gorni, Giulio; Balda de la Cruz, Rolindes ORCID; Fernández Rodríguez, Joaquín Manuel; Pascual, Laura; Durán, Alicia; Pascual, María Jesús (MDPI, 2020-07-21)
      Transparent oxyfluoride glass–ceramics containing NaGdF4 nanocrystals were prepared by melt-quenching and doped with Er3+ (0.5 mol%) and different amounts of Yb3+ (0–2 mol%). The selected dopant concentration the crystallization ...