• DocumentCode
    422104
  • Title

    Fabrication and laser performance of polycrystal and single crystal Nd:YAG by advanced ceramic processing

  • Author

    Ikesue, A. ; Yoda, T. ; Nakayama, S. ; Yoshida, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Res. & Dev. Lab., Japan Fine Ceramics Center, Nagoya, Japan
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We report the first demonstration of polycrystalline, Nd-doped YAG ceramics with almost perfect pore-free structure and Nd-doped single crystal by advanced ceramic processing. We obtain optical slope efficiencies of 57% with these microchip ceramics lasers.
  • Keywords
    ceramics; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical fabrication; optical materials; yttrium compounds; 57 percent; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; advanced ceramic processing; laser performance; microchip ceramics lasers; optical slope efficiencies;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1361571