Publication Date:
2012-04-15
Description:
Highly transparent 1 at.% Er:YAG ceramics was fabricated by a reactive sintering method under vacuum. The optical properties, the microstructure and the laser performance of the Er:YAG ceramics were investigated. The average grain size of the Er:YAG ceramics was 7~8 μm. The in-line transmittances of the Er:YAG ceramics at the wavelength of 1800 and 400 nm were about 84.6% and 82.4%, respectively. The absorption coefficient of the Er:YAG ceramics was 1.29 cm −1 . The grain boundaries were very clean and no secondary phase was observed. When end-pumped by an Er,Yb-fiber laser at 1532 nm, a maximum output power of 13.8 W lasing at the wavelength of 1645 nm was obtained with a slope efficiency of 54.5%.
Print ISSN:
1546-542X
Electronic ISSN:
1744-7402
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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