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Diode pumped active-mirror Yb:YAG ceramic lasers

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Lasers from Yb:YAG ceramic at different temperature were reported in this paper. The Yb:YAG ceramic laser with active-mirror structure was end-pumped by a laser diode whose central wavelength was 940 nm. At 80 K, with doping concentration of 5 at % Yb:YAG ceramic slab, output energy of 0.68 J at 10 Hz repetition rate was obtained under the pump energy of 2.49 J, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 40% and a conversion efficiency of 27.3%, respectively.

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    X. J. Cheng, L. Li, J. L. Wang, Zh. G. Yang, W. B. Cheng & X. Ch. Shi

  2. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201800, China

    B. X. Jiang & Y. B. Pan

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Cheng, X.J., Jiang, B.X., Li, L. et al. Diode pumped active-mirror Yb:YAG ceramic lasers. Laser Phys. 22, 652–655 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X12040020

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