• DocumentCode
    3009749
  • Title

    Core-doped Ceramic Nd:YAG Laser with Sm:YAG Cladding

  • Author

    Kracht, Dietmar ; Huss, R. ; Wilhelm, Ralf ; Neumann, Jörg

  • Author_Institution
    Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V., Hannover
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A core-doped ceramic Nd: YAG laser with a Sm: YAG cladding is presented. Applying q-cw pumping with a laser diode stack, a pulse energy of 5.9 mJ in 3.9 ns was achieved by passive Q-switching with Cr4+:YAG.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; chromium; laser beams; neodymium; optical pumping; samarium; solid lasers; Nd:YAG laser; Sm:YAG cladding; YAG:Cr4+; YAG:Nd; YAG:Sm; core-doped ceramic laser; energy 5.9 mJ; laser diode stack; passive Q-switching; pulse energy; q-cw pumping; time 3.9 ns; Ceramics; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power generation; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Waveguide lasers;
  • 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.2007.4452872
  • Filename
    4452872