• DocumentCode
    2870408
  • Title

    Highly efficient diode-pumped Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic laser

  • Author

    Dubinskii, Mark ; Simmons, Jed A. ; Michael, A. ; Newburgh, G.A. ; Merkle, Larry D. ; Castillo, Vida K. ; Quarles, Gregory J.

  • Author_Institution
    AMSRD-ARL-SE-EO, US Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The Q-CW output power in excess of 30 W and slope efficiency of 47.3% were obtained and are, to the best of our knowledge, the highest reported so far for diode-pumped Yb3+-doped Y2O3 laser.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; Y2O3:Yb3+; diode-pumped ceramic laser; laser design; laser host materials; solid-state laser; Ceramics; Crystalline materials; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical materials; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628181
  • Filename
    4628181