High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2013, 1 (3-4): 3-43-4000138, Published Online: Nov. 19, 2018
Novel transparent ceramics for solid-state lasers
Abstract
Recent progress on rare-earth doped polycrystalline YAG transparent ceramics has made them an alternative novel solid-state laser gain material. In this paper we present results of our research on polycrystalline RE:YAG transparent ceramics. High optical quality YAG ceramics doped with various rare-earth (RE) ions such as ${\rm Nd}^{3+}$ , ${\rm Yb}^{3+}$ , ${\rm Er}^{3+}$ , ${\rm Tm}^{3+}$ , and ${\rm Ho}^{3+}$ have been successfully fabricated using the solid-state reactive sintering method. Highly efficient laser oscillations of the fabricated ceramics are demonstrated.
Hao Yang, Jian Zhang, Dewei Luo, Hui Lin, Deyuan Shen, Dingyuan Tang. Novel transparent ceramics for solid-state lasers[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2013, 1(3-4): 3-43-4000138.