Ytterbium Aluminum Garnet (YbAG) is a developing material with potential applications as a solid-state laser host, a scintillator for radiation detection, hard erosion resistant surface coatings, in particular as thermal spray powders or electron-beam evaporated briquettes for thermal management in high temperature components. YbAG can be supplied as a conventional micron-sized powder or as a nano-powder in the 20 - 30nm range.
