Title :
High power polycrystalline Nd:YAG ceramic laser
Author :
Lu, J. ; Murai, T. ; Takaichi, K. ; Uematsu, T. ; Misawa, K. ; Prabhu, M. ; Xu, J. ; Ueda, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Kaminskii, A.A. ; Kudryashov, A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-communications, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A high power 1% Nd:YAG ceramic laser was demonstrated. CW laser output of 72 W was obtained at 1064 nm with 290 W laser diode pumping. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is 24.8%.
Keywords :
ceramics; fluorescence; grain size; neodymium; optical pumping; radiative lifetimes; sintering; solid lasers; 1064 nm; 72 W; CW laser output; Nd:YAG ceramic laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; absorption spectra; emission spectra; fluorescence lifetime; grain size; high power laser; improved fabrication technology; laser diode pumping; optical-optical conversion efficiency; optimum sintering process; polycrystalline ceramic laser; Biomedical optical imaging; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967801
