DocumentCode
2920878
Title
Highly Transparent Yb-doped Ceramics and the Laser-diode-pumped Ceramic Lasers
Author
Takaichi, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Shirakawa, A. ; Ueda, K. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Kaminskii, A.A.
Author_Institution
Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, Japan; takaichi@ils.uec.ac.jp
fYear
2005
fDate
30-02 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
271
Lastpage
272
Abstract
We have been fabricating highly transparent ceramic laser materials. Yb-doped Y3 Al5 O12 and rare-earth sesquioxide ceramics were developed as laser media. A tunable laser pumped with a 976-nm laser diode was demonstrated with the Yb:Y2 O3 ceramics.
Keywords
LD-pumped lasers; Yb-doped lasers; ceramic lasers; new laser materials; solid-state lasers; Absorption; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Laser excitation; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Optical materials; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; LD-pumped lasers; Yb-doped lasers; ceramic lasers; new laser materials; solid-state lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9242-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569413
Filename
1569413
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