Promising ceramic laser material: Highly transparent Nd3+:Lu2O3 ceramic

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J. Lu · University of Electro-Communications

K. Takaichi · University of Electro-Communications

T. Uematsu · University of Electro-Communications

A. Shirakawa · University of Electro-Communications

M. Musha · University of Electro-Communications

K. Ueda · University of Electro-Communications

Hideki Yagi

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A solid-state laser material based on highly transparent cubic Nd3+:Lu2O3 ceramic was developed using nanocrystalline technology and a nonpress vacuum sintering method. Spectroscopic properties of this ceramic laser material were investigated. At room temperature under single-laser diode pumping, efficient continuous wave laser oscillation was demonstrated at two wavelengths of the 4F3/2→4I11/2 channel. The potential application of such a laser material was also discussed.

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Solid State Laser Technologies Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics

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Published in: Applied Physics Letters

Volume 81, Issue 23, pp. 4324-4326

DOI: 10.1063/1.1527234

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 7.81

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Promising ceramic laser material: Highly transparent Nd3+:Lu2O3 ceramic

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