In this work, the absorption, fluorescence spectra, and fluorescence decay curve of Nd：Lu3Al5O12, i.e., neodym- ium lutetium aluminum garnet （Nd：LuAG） ceramic are investigated. A diode-end-pumped Nd：LuAG ceramic ...In this work, the absorption, fluorescence spectra, and fluorescence decay curve of Nd：Lu3Al5O12, i.e., neodym- ium lutetium aluminum garnet （Nd：LuAG） ceramic are investigated. A diode-end-pumped Nd：LuAG ceramic laser is demonstrated for the first time （to our knowledge）. We present the experiment results of Nd：LuAG ceramics continuous wave （CW） and electro-optically （E-O） Q-switched performance. CW output power of 2.5 W is obtained, corresponding to optical-to-optical efficiency of 17.2% and slope efficiency of 24.3%. For the E-O Q-switched setup, the shortest pulse width and the largest pulse energy are measm-ed to be 4.8 ns and 1.96 mJ, respectively. Its optical-to-optical efficiency and the slope efficiency are 17.3% and 28.7%, respectively.展开更多
文摘In this work, the absorption, fluorescence spectra, and fluorescence decay curve of Nd：Lu3Al5O12, i.e., neodym- ium lutetium aluminum garnet （Nd：LuAG） ceramic are investigated. A diode-end-pumped Nd：LuAG ceramic laser is demonstrated for the first time （to our knowledge）. We present the experiment results of Nd：LuAG ceramics continuous wave （CW） and electro-optically （E-O） Q-switched performance. CW output power of 2.5 W is obtained, corresponding to optical-to-optical efficiency of 17.2% and slope efficiency of 24.3%. For the E-O Q-switched setup, the shortest pulse width and the largest pulse energy are measm-ed to be 4.8 ns and 1.96 mJ, respectively. Its optical-to-optical efficiency and the slope efficiency are 17.3% and 28.7%, respectively.
