Title :
Composite Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG ceramics self-Q-switched laser
Author :
Dong, Jun ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Yagi, Hideki ; Yanagitani, Takagimi ; Kaminskii, Alexander A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Composite Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG ceramics was fabricated successfully by using vacuum sintering technique and nanocrystalline technology. Self-Q-switched lasers with pulse energy of 125 ¿J, and peak power of 105 kW have been demonstrated for the first time.
Keywords :
Q-switching; ceramics; chromium; nanocomposites; nanotechnology; optical fabrication; optical pulse generation; sintering; solid lasers; ytterbium; Cr:YAG ceramics; YAG:Cr; YAG:Yb; Yb:YAG ceramics; energy 125 muJ; nanocrystalline technology; power 105 kW; pulse energy; self-Q-switched laser; vacuum sintering technique; Absorption; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Vacuum technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452399
