Title :
Highly efficient cw Yb-doped ceramic lasers
Author :
Takaichi, K. ; Lu, J. ; Bisson, J.F. ; Shirakawa, A. ; Ueda, K. ; Yagi, H. ; Yanagitani, T. ; Petrov, T.S. ; Balda, R. ; Fernandez, J. ; Kaminskii, A.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Laser Sci., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We have been developing highly transparent ceramics for solid-state lasers. The LD-pumped cw Yb-doped ceramic lasers were demonstrated with highly efficient. The low-temperature absorption spectra of the ceramic materials were measured.
Keywords :
ceramics; infrared spectra; optical pumping; solid lasers; transparency; ytterbium; LD-pumped cw Yb-doped ceramic lasers; Y/sub 2/O/sub 3/:Yb; absorption spectra; ceramic materials; transparent ceramics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
