Efficient Yb3+:Y3Al5O12 ceramic microchip lasers

被引：93

作者：

Dong, Jun

Shirakawa, Akira

Ueda, Ken-ichi

Yagi, Hideki

Yanagitani, Takagimi

Kaminskii, Alexander A.

机构：

[1] Univ Electrocommun, Inst Laser Sci, Chofu, Tokyo 1858585, Japan

[2] Konoshima Chem Co Ltd, Takuma Works, Kagawa 7691103, Japan

[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Crystallog, Crystal Laser Phys Lab, Moscow 119333, Russia

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2006年 / 89卷 / 09期

基金：

俄罗斯基础研究基金会;

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D O I：

10.1063/1.2345229

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Low-threshold and highly efficient continuous-wave (cw) Yb3+:Y3Al5O12 (Yb:YAG) ceramic laser with near-diffraction-limited beam quality was demonstrated at room temperature. Dual-wavelength operation at 1030 and 1049 nm with 5% transmission of the output coupler was achieved by varying pump power intensity. Slope efficiencies of 79% at 1030 nm and 67% at 1049 nm were achieved for 1-mm-thick Yb:YAG ceramic plate (C-Yb=9.8 at. %) under cw laser-diode pumping. The effect of pump power on the laser emission spectra of both wavelengths is addressed. Excellent laser performance indicates that Yb:YAG ceramic laser materials could be potentially used in high-power solid-state lasers. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

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