abstract |
The present invention is a paramagnetic garnet-type transparent ceramic characterized by being a sintered body of a terbium-containing composite oxide represented by the following formula (1), and having a linear transmittance of 83% or more at a wavelength of 1064 nm at an optical path of 15 mm. (Tb 1-x-y Sc x Ce y ) 3 (Al 1-z Sc z ) 5 O 12 (1) (where, 0<x<0.08, 0≤y≤0.01, and 0.004<z<0.16.) |