• DocumentCode
    2250793
  • Title

    High-Power and Highly Efficient Yb3+-doped Y3Al5O12 Ceramic Laser at Room Temperature

  • Author

    Nakamura, Shinki ; Matsubara, Yu ; Ogawa, Takayo ; Wada, Satoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Media & Telecommun. Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    26-31 Aug. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The diode end-pumped Yb:YAG ceramic laser with high efficiency and high-power was demonstrated. The 5.5-W cw output power was obtained with the slope efficiency of 52%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest efficiency of Yb:YAG ceramic laser.
  • Keywords
    optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YAG:Yb3+; diode end-pumped ceramic laser; efficiency 52 percent; gain medium thickness; output coupling efficiency; output power; power 5.5 W; pumping power; slope efficiency; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Diodes; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical coupling; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1173-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1174-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391686
  • Filename
    4391686
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2250793