• DocumentCode
    350617
  • Title

    Nd/sup 3+/:YAG ceramics for LD pumped laser

  • Author

    Yoshida, K. ; Ikesue, A. ; Taira, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Osaka Inst. of Technol., Japan
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999
  • Firstpage
    963
  • Abstract
    We have fabricated high-quality, transparent Nd:YAG ceramics. The physical properties and the scattering loss of Nd:YAG ceramics were almost equivalent to those of a Nd:YAG single crystal. We demonstrated three times higher laser output power in Nd:YAG ceramics compared with conventional Nd:YAG single crystals.
  • Keywords
    Vickers hardness; ceramics; neodymium; optical pumping; refractive index; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Vickers hardness; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; laser diode pumped laser; laser output power; refractive index; scattering loss; transparent ceramics; Absorption; Ceramics; Laser beam cutting; Laser excitation; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5661-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817922
  • Filename
    817922