Promising ceramic laser material:: Highly transparent Nd3+:Lu2O3 ceramic

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作者
Lu, J
Takaichi, K
Uematsu, T
Shirakawa, A
Musha, M
Ueda, K
Yagi, H
Yanagitani, T
Kaminskii, AA
机构
[1] Univ Electrocommun, Inst Laser Sci, Tokyo 1828585, Japan
[2] Konoshima Chem Co Ltd, Takuma Works, Takuma, Kagawa 7691103, Japan
[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Crystallog, Crystal Laser Phys Lab, Moscow 117333, Russia
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10.1063/1.1527234
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O59 [应用物理学];
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A solid-state laser material based on highly transparent cubic Nd3+:Lu2O3 ceramic was developed using nanocrystalline technology and a nonpress vacuum sintering method. Spectroscopic properties of this ceramic laser material were investigated. At room temperature under single-laser diode pumping, efficient continuous wave laser oscillation was demonstrated at two wavelengths of the F-4(3/2)-->I-4(11/2) channel. The potential application of such a laser material was also discussed. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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