DocumentCode
375814
Title
Highly efficient polycrystalline Nd:YAG ceramic lasers
Author
Lu, J. ; Murai, I. ; Takaichi, K. ; Uematsu, T. ; Misawa, K. ; Prabhu, M. ; Xu, J. ; Ueda, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Kaminskii, A.A.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-communications, Tokyo, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
Highly efficient Nd:YAG ceramic lasers were demonstrated. CW laser output of 499 mW and 465 mW were obtained at 1064 nm with 883 mW laser diode pumping. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiencies are more than 52%.
Keywords
ceramics; fluorescence; grain size; neodymium; radiative lifetimes; sintering; solid lasers; transparency; 1064 nm; 465 mW; 499 mW; CW laser output; Nd:YAG ceramic lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; absorption spectra; emission spectra; fluorescence lifetime; grain size; highly efficient lasers; highly transparent ceramics; improved fabrication technology; laser diode pumping; low scattering loss; optical-optical conversion efficiencies; optimum sintering process; polycrystalline ceramic lasers; slope efficiencies; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Crystallography; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Physics; Pump lasers; Yagi-Uda antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967799
Filename
967799
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