Published May 2009
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Journal article
Crystal growth, optical properties, and CW laser operation at 1.06 μm of Nd:GAGG crystals
- 1. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials and Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan 250100 (China)
Description
In this paper, the crystal growth and characterization of Nd:Gd3AlxGa5-xO12 (x = 0.94) (Nd:GGAG) was reported. The X-ray powder diffraction studies confirm that the Nd:Gd3AlxGa5-xO12 crystal is isostructural with Gd3Ga5O12 (GGG) with unit cell parameter of 1.2319 nm. The absorption and emission spectra of the Nd:GGAG crystal at room temperature have been studied. With a laser-diode (LD) as the pump source, continuous-wave (CW) laser performance at 1.06 μm of Nd:GAGG crystal was demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. The maximum power of 2.44 W from Nd:GAGG laser was obtained with the optical conversion efficiency 28.5%, and slope efficiency of 28.8%
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lapl.200810138Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Laser physics letters (Internet)
- Journal Volume
- 6
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 355-358
- ISSN
- 1612-202X
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Russian Federation
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 46009202
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS; EFFICIENCY; EMISSION SPECTRA; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; GALLIUM OXIDES; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICS; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; X-RAY DIFFRACTION
- Descriptors DEC
- CHALCOGENIDES; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION; GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; LASERS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTRA; TEMPERATURE RANGE