Crystallization process in oxyfluoride nano-glass-ceramics doped with neodymium ions

Oxyfluoride nanoglassceramics doped with neodymium ions have been developed and synthesized. The precipitation of crystalline phase in neodymium nanoglassceramics after heat treatment has been experimentally investigated. The neodymium ions are incorporated into the nanosize crystalline phase of PbY$_{(1-x)}$Nd$_{(x)}$OF$_{3}$.