DocumentCode
412437
Title
The polycrystalline Y/sub 3/Sc/sub x/Al/sub (5-x)/O/sub 12/ as designable laser medium
Author
Sato, Y. ; Shoji, I. ; Taira, T. ; Ikesue, A.
Author_Institution
Laser Res. Center for Molecular Sci., Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
fYear
2003
fDate
6-6 June 2003
Abstract
A designable polycrystalline laser medium as Y/sub 3/Sc/sub x/Al/sub (5-x)/O/sub 12/ have been developed by sintering method. The optical characteristics of these ceramics were investigated and the slope efficiency of 30% was established with the uncoated sample.
Keywords
laser beam effects; laser sintering; neodymium; optical design techniques; scandium compounds; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 30 percent; Nd:Y/sub 3/Sc/sub x/Al/sub (5-x)/O/sub 12/; Y/sub 3/Sc/sub x/Al/sub (5-x)/O/sub 12/:Nd; ceramics; optical characteristics; polycrystalline laser medium; sintering; slope efficiency; uncoated sample; Absorption; Bandwidth; Ceramics; Laser excitation; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical design; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-748-2
Type
conf
Filename
1298588
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