Title :
New progress in neodymium doped ceramic lasers
Author :
Lu, Jianren ; Takaichi, K. ; Uematsu, T. ; Ueda, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Kaminskii, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
New development in Nd:YAG, Nd:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/, Nd:Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and Nd:YGdO/sub 3/ ceramic laser materials was introduced. Excellent quality and high laser performance show the great potential in laser applications for such new series of ceramic laser materials.
Keywords :
ceramics; laser beam applications; lutetium compounds; neodymium; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Nd; Nd:Lu/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Nd:Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/; Nd:YAG; Nd:YGdO/sub 3/; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Nd; YAG: Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YGdO/sub 3/:Nd; ceramic laser materials; laser applications; neodymium; Ceramics; Crystalline materials; Laser sintering; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical materials; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers; Yagi-Uda antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-748-2
