Journal
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 798-809Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.897174
Keywords
active mirror lasers; ceramic lasers; diode-pumped solid-state lasers (DPSSL); giant microphotonics; high-power lasers; microchip lasers; Nd : YAG lasers; Yb : YAG lasers
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Transparent polycrystalline ceramics for laser applications have been demonstrated to offer tremendous processing and design advantages relative to Czoehralski-grown single crystals: fast production times, fabrication possibilities for materials with phase transitions during melt growth, and ability of engineered profiles and structures. Much progress has been made in improving the optical quality of ceramics as well as in exploring new laser materials. Successfully developed disordered Yb:Y3ScAl4O12 ceramics realized ultrafast laser pulses as fast as 280 fs. The manufacturing flexibility of ceramic processing enables the production of composite structure before sintering. Up to 400-W continuous wave (CW) laser output power was obtained in an edge-pumped all-ceramics composite Yb:YAG microchip with a 200-mu m-thick and 3.7-mm core diameter. Further possibilities of ceramic gain media are discussed.
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