Abstract
The conduction mechanisms in cerium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Ce:YAG) have been studied as a function of temperature and PO2. ac conductivity and ionic transference measurements show that Ce:YAG is a mixed ionic-electronic conductor with an ionic conductivity characterized by an activation energy of 2.3 eV. A derived thermal band-gap energy of 6.1 eV compares favorably with the optically measured band gap. Conductivity and transference measurements support a defect model with a fixed number of doubly-ionized oxygen vacancies as the primary defect; the energy to produce such vacancies is calculated to be 7.8 eV.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1951-1955 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Physics |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 1985 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
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