• DocumentCode
    1979787
  • Title

    Optical properties and laser operation of Yb:Y3Sc2Al3O12 crystal

  • Author

    Dong, Jun ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Kaminskii, Alexander A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    30-3 Aug. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Optical properties of Yb:Y3Sc2Al3O12 crystal were investigated and compared with those from Yb:YAG crystals. Laser-diode pumped continuous-wave and passively Q-switched Yb:Y3Sc2Al3O12 lasers with Cr4+:YAG crystal as saturable absorber has been demonstrated for the first time.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; light absorption; optical materials; optical properties; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Y3Sc2Al3O12:Yb; YAG:Cr; crystal laser operation; laser diode pumped continuous wave operation; optical property; passively Q switched laser; saturable absorber; Absorption; Chemical lasers; Couplings; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Optical properties; Q-switched operation; Yb:Y3Sc2Al3O12; microchip laser;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3829-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-3830-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292564
  • Filename
    5292564
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1979787