Epitaxial Nd:YAG thin films grown on various substrates by pulsed laser deposition

Author

Ezaki, Mizunori ; Obara, M. ; Kumagai, Hayato ; Toyoda, Kentaroh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

300

Lastpage

301

Abstract

Summary form only given. The optical properties of Nd:YAG thin film were investigated by photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The Pl spectrum of 2.1 /spl mu/m thick epitaxial Nd:YAG film on YAG substrate grown at 910 C. Laser transitions of Nd/sup 3+/ ions in YAG in the region of 0.9 /spl mu/m and 1.06 /spl mu/m were observed dearly. The PL spectrum was the same as that of the Nd:YAG bulk crystal.

Keywords

epitaxial growth; infrared spectra; laser transitions; neodymium; nonlinear optics; optical films; pulsed laser deposition; solid lasers; transparency; 0.9 mum; 1.06 mum; 2.1 mum; 910 C; Nd/sup 3+/ ions; Nd:YAG film; Nd:YAG thin film; Pl spectrum; YAG substrate; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; epitaxial Nd: YAG thin films; laser transitions; optical properties; photoluminescence; pulsed laser deposition; substrates; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Neodymium; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulses; Pulsed laser deposition; Sputtering; Substrates; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864703