Highly efficient 2% Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet ceramic laser

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作者
Lu, JR
Prabhu, M
Xu, JQ
Ueda, K
Yagi, H
Yanagitani, T
Kaminskii, AA
机构
[1] Univ Electrocommun, Inst Laser Sci, Tokyo 182, Japan
[2] Konoshima Chem Co Ltd, Takuma Works, Takuma, Kagawa 76911, Japan
[3] Russian Acad Sci, Inst Crystallog, Crystal Laser Phys Lab, Moscow 117333, Russia
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10.1063/1.1331091
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
A highly efficient diode-laser end-pumped polycrystalline 2% Nd:yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) ceramics laser that is comparable in efficiency with Nd:YAG single crystal laser has been developed. With 883 mW pumping, 465-mW-cw laser output at 1064 nm has been obtained corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 52.7%. The laser threshold is only 30 mW with R=97% output coupler. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)02250-6].
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