• 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