Laser Properties of the Nd:YGd2 Sc2 Al2Ga O12 Garnet Ceramic

Alain Brenier (1) , Guillaume Alombert-Goget (1) , Yannick Guyot (1) , Alexis Labruyère (2) , Vincent Couderc (2) , Benoît Faure

1 ILM - Institut Lumière Matière [Villeurbanne]
2 XLIM-PHOTONIQUE - PHOTONIQUE

CW lasing at 1058.6 and 1061.3 nm was demonstrated with 45% slope efficiency from the Nd:YGd2Sc2Al2GaO12 ceramic. From passive Q-switching, 2 ns pulses with 6.2 μJ energy are obtained at 7.3 kHz repetition rate.

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Physique [physics]; Optique [physics.optics]

Alain Brenier, Guillaume Alombert-Goget, Yannick Guyot, Alexis Labruyère, Vincent Couderc, et al.. Laser Properties of the Nd:YGd2 Sc2 Al2Ga O12 Garnet Ceramic. Advanced Solid-State Lasers, Oct 2013, Paris, France. ⟨hal-00914671⟩