• DocumentCode
    500677
  • Title

    Laser Action with Nd3+ doped electrooptic lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics

  • Author

    Zhang, J.W. ; Zou, Y.K. ; Li, K.K. ; Chen, Q. ; Jiang, H. ; Chen, Xuesheng ; Huang, Piling

  • Author_Institution
    Boston Appl. Technol., Boston Appl. Technol., Inc., Woburn, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Using Nd3+ doped lanthanum-modified lead zirconate titanate (PLZT) ceramic gain media which possess excellent electro-optic effects and wide optical transmission window, ceramic lasers of revolutionary nature have been implemented without any extra foreign active components.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; ceramics; electro-optical effects; ferroelectric materials; lanthanum compounds; lead compounds; neodymium; optical materials; optical windows; solid lasers; Nd3+ doped lead lanthanum zirconate titanate ceramics; PLZT; PLZT:Nd; ceramic lasers; electro-optic effects; optical transmission window; Ceramics; Laser excitation; Neodymium; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Photoluminescence; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Titanium compounds; (140.3380) Laser materials; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5226092