Title :
High power ceramic Nd/sup 3+/:Y/sub 3/Al/sub 5/O/sub 12/ laser
Author :
Lu, J. ; Yagi, H. ; Takaichi, K. ; Bisson, J.E. ; Feng, Y. ; Shirakawa, A. ; Ueda, K. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Kaminskii, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A high-power ceramic Nd/sup 3+/:Y/sub 3/Al/sub 5/O/sup 12/ laser was developed. 110 W output at 1064 nm was obtained with a slope efficiency of 41%. The laser performance was found to compare favorably with that of single crystal Nd:YAG.
Keywords :
ceramics; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1064 nm; 110 W; 41 percent; Y/sub 3/Al/sub 5/O/sub 12/:Nd/sup 3+/; high power ceramic laser; laser performance; single crystal Nd:YAG; slope efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
