• DocumentCode
    2240799
  • Title

    Concentration-dependent laser performance of Yb:YAG ceramics

  • Author

    Dong, Jun ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Yagi, Hideki

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Chofu
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Laser performance of Yb:YAG ceramics and single-crystals doped with different Yb concentrations was investigated using two-pass pumping miniature laser configuration. Better laser performance was observed for heavy-doped Yb:YAG ceramic than single-crystal (CYb = 20 at.%).
  • Keywords
    ceramics; laser beam effects; solid lasers; YAG:Yb; ceramics; concentration dependent; laser performance; single crystals; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Laser excitation; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; 140.3380 (Laser materials); 140.3480 (Lasers, diode-pumped); 140.3580 (Lasers, solid-state); 140.5680 (Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571652