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Co-casting and optical characteristics of transparent segmented composite Er∶YAG laser ceramics

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A novel colloidal co-casting process was developed to fabricate laser quality, multisegment composite ceramic laser gain materials. The approach was demonstrated for a three segment transparent composite rod 62 mm long by 3 mm diameter consisting of undoped yttrium aluminus garnet (YAG), 0.25% Er:YAG, and 0.5% Er:YAG. The Er concentration profile in the composite has steep, controllable gradients at the segment interfaces, while maintaining constant dopant concentrations within each segment. The composite rod has 84% transmittance at 1645 nm (the lasing wavelength) with a scatter loss of 0.4% cm−1. Laser operation of such a composite Er:YAG ceramic rod was demonstrated for the first time, with nearly equivalent lasing behavior to an Er:YAG single crystal rod.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA

    Elizabeth R. Kupp, Gary L. Messing, Julie M. Anderson & Venkatraman Gopalan

  2. AMDC, II-VI Incorporated, Saxonburg, Pennsylvania, 16056, USA

    John Q. Dumm & Charles Kraisinger

  3. U.S. Army Research Laboratory, RDRL-SEE-O, Adelphi, Maryland, 20783, USA

    Ter-Gabrielyan Nikolay, Larry D. Merkle & Mark Dubinskii

  4. VLOC, II-VI Incorporated, New Port Richey, Florida, 34655, USA

    Vida K. Simonaitis-Castillo & Gregory J. Quarles

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Kupp, E.R., Messing, G.L., Anderson, J.M. et al. Co-casting and optical characteristics of transparent segmented composite Er∶YAG laser ceramics. Journal of Materials Research 25, 476–483 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2010.0069

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