The effect of particulate density on performance of Nd : Gd3Ga5O12 waveguide lasers grown by pulsed laser deposition

Authors
Barrington, SJ Bhutta, T Shepherd, DP Eason, RW
Citation
Sj. Barrington et al., The effect of particulate density on performance of Nd : Gd3Ga5O12 waveguide lasers grown by pulsed laser deposition, OPT COMMUN, 185(1-3), 2000, pp. 145-152
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
185
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
145 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(20001101)185:1-3<145:TEOPDO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We have successfully grown a range of waveguiding layers of Nd:Gd3Ga5O12 (N d:GGG) on Y3Al5O12 by pulsed laser deposition for purposes of studying the effects of particulates on waveguiding and lasing performance. We have foun d that particulates have a detrimental effect on lasing threshold for the r ange of particulate densities studied, and can increase lasing thresholds f rom as low as 2.5 up to 167 mW. We have also shown that the detrimental eff ect of particulates in waveguides becomes less significant with increasing waveguide thickness. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.