DocumentCode
2892946
Title
Ceramic solid state lasers
Author
Ueda, Ken-ichi
Author_Institution
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
1
Abstract
Modern ceramic technology made it possible to develop laser-quality and scalable full-transparent ceramic materials from nano-crystalline powder. The optical quality of ceramic materials is growing step-by-step. We have developed a modern technique for the laser quality ceramic materials. The Nd:YAG ceramics is already recognized as the real laser material for industrial lasers. They demonstrated high efficiency (optical-to-optical efficiency of 60%) and high power (1.7 kW) in cw mode.
Keywords
ceramics; laser beams; nanostructured materials; neodymium; optical materials; solid lasers; 1.7 kW; 60 percent; Nd:YAG ceramics; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; ceramic solid state laser; ceramic technology; industrial laser; laser material; laser power; laser quality; nanocrystalline powder; optical quality; optical-to-optical efficiency; scalable full-transparent ceramic material; Ceramics; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Laser fusion; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567790
Filename
1567790
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