Open AccessNd:LYAG and Nd:LGAG Mixed Crystals: Potential Candidates for 1.83 μm Laser Source
Author(s) -
Jinglong Lan,
Zhi Lin,
Yi Wang,
Qin Cui,
Bin Xu,
Huiying Xu,
Zhiping Cai,
Xiaodong Xu,
Jian Zhang,
Jun Xu,
Richard Moncorge
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ieee photonics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1943-0655
pISSN - 1943-0647
DOI - 10.1109/jphot.2016.2616513
Subject(s) - engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , photonics and electrooptics
We report here, for the first time, diode-pumped continuous-wave laser operation of Nd:LuYAG (LYAG) and Nd:LuGdAG (LGAG) mixed crystals around 1.83 μm. Cooling the laser samples down to about 6 °C, output powers of about 0.56 and 0.46 W with slope efficiencies of about 5.5% and 5.6% can be achieved, respectively, for the two crystals. These Nd3±-doped garnet mixed crystals, like single crystal Nd:YAG, are believed to be the potential for laser generation at the important 1.83-μm near-infrared wavelength domain.