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Room-temperature continuous wave laser oscillations in Nd:YAG ceramic waveguides produced by carbon ion implantation

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We report on the generation of continuous wave lasers at a wavelength of ∼1064 nm in a Nd:YAG ceramic waveguide at room temperature. The waveguide was fabricated by using 6 MeV carbon ion implantation at a fluence of 3×1014 ions/cm2. Laser operation has been realized with a slope efficiency as high as ∼11%. The pump threshold of an 808-nm laser beam for the waveguide laser oscillation is 19.5 mW.

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  1. School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    Y. Tan, C. Zhang, F. Chen & F.-Q. Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    F. Chen

  3. Departamento de Física de Materiales, GIEL, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, 28049, Spain

    D. Jaque

  4. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, People’s Republic of China

    Q.-M. Lu

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Tan, Y., Zhang, C., Chen, F. et al. Room-temperature continuous wave laser oscillations in Nd:YAG ceramic waveguides produced by carbon ion implantation. Appl. Phys. B 103, 837–840 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-010-4260-y

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