Highly efficient continuous-wave operation at 1030 and 1075 nm wavelengths of LD-pumped Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramic lasers

Room-temperature cw laser oscillations at 1030 and 1075 nm wavelengths were demonstrated for the TEM00 mode with Yb3+:Y2O3 ceramics by LD-pumping. A maximum extraction efficiency of 72% at 1075 nm lasing wavelengths and of 45% at 1030 nm lasing wavelengths were observed. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.