摘要
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 Nd3+, Yb3+, Er3+,Tm3+, and Ho3+have been successfully fabricated using the solid-state reactive sintering method. Highly efficient laser oscillations of the fabricated ceramics are demonstrated.
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 Nd3+, Yb3+, Er3+,Tm3+, and Ho3+have been successfully fabricated using the solid-state reactive sintering method. Highly efficient laser oscillations of the fabricated ceramics are demonstrated.
基金
supported by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions(PAPD)
the National Research Foundation of Singapore under contract NRF-G-CRP-2007-01
