DocumentCode
3001535
Title
Composite Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG ceramics self-Q-switched laser
Author
Dong, Jun ; Shirakawa, Akira ; Ueda, Ken-ichi ; Yagi, Hideki ; Yanagitani, Takagimi ; Kaminskii, Alexander A.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
Composite Yb:YAG/Cr:YAG ceramics was fabricated successfully by using vacuum sintering technique and nanocrystalline technology. Self-Q-switched lasers with pulse energy of 125 ¿J, and peak power of 105 kW have been demonstrated for the first time.
Keywords
Q-switching; ceramics; chromium; nanocomposites; nanotechnology; optical fabrication; optical pulse generation; sintering; solid lasers; ytterbium; Cr:YAG ceramics; YAG:Cr; YAG:Yb; Yb:YAG ceramics; energy 125 muJ; nanocrystalline technology; power 105 kW; pulse energy; self-Q-switched laser; vacuum sintering technique; Absorption; Ceramics; Chemical lasers; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Vacuum technology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452399
Filename
4452399
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