Title :
Widely tunable CW Nd-doped Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser
Author :
Yoda, T. ; Miyamoto, S. ; Tsuboya, H. ; Ikesue, A. ; Yoshida, K.
Author_Institution :
Optoquest. Co., Ltd., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of a widely tunable operation in a highly doped Nd:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser with a broad bandwidth. A range of tunability from 1070 nm to 1082 nm is obtained under present experimental conditions.
Keywords :
ceramics; laser tuning; neodymium; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; 1070 to 1082 nm; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Nd; bandwidth; widely tunable CW Nd-doped Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/ ceramic laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
