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Extreme light fields and their applications
Re$^{3+}$:YAG laser ceramics: synthesis, optical properties and laser characteristics
S. N. Bagayeva, V. V. Osipovb, S. M. Vatnika, V. A. Shitovb, I. Sh. Steinbergc, I. A. Vedina, P. F. Kurbatova, K. E. Luk'yashinb, R. N. Maksimovb, V. I. Solomonovb, P. E. Tverdokhlebc a Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
b Institute of Electrophysics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg
c Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
Abstract:
Highly transparent yttrium aluminium garnet ceramics doped with holmium or ytterbium or neodymium are synthesised. The ceramics were made of a mixture of nanopowders synthesised by laser ablation. The structural and spectral characteristics of ceramics are studied. In the samples with holmium Ho$^{3+}$ and neodymium Nd$^{3+}$ ions, lasing was achieved with a slope efficiency of 40 % and 35.3 %, respectively; the maximum laser power exceeded 4 W. The internal absorption and scattering losses for 1 % Nd:YAG ceramics are estimated to be $1.6\times10^{-2}$ cm$^{-1}$.
Keywords:
yttrium aluminium garnet, holmium, ytterbium, neodymium, nanopowder, ceramics, transmission spectrum, lasing.
Received: 29.01.2015 Revised: 06.02.2015
Citation:
S. N. Bagayev, V. V. Osipov, S. M. Vatnik, V. A. Shitov, I. Sh. Steinberg, I. A. Vedin, P. F. Kurbatov, K. E. Luk'yashin, R. N. Maksimov, V. I. Solomonov, P. E. Tverdokhleb, “Re$^{3+}$:YAG laser ceramics: synthesis, optical properties and laser characteristics”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 45:5 (2015), 492–497 [Quantum Electron., 45:5 (2015), 492–497]
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