Laser operation of an Nd:Gd3Ga5O12 thin-film optical waveguide fabricated by pulsed laser deposition

1 July 1996

journal article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 69 (1) , 10-12
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118091

Abstract

We report the laser operation of a thin‐film waveguide structure grown by the pulsed laser deposition technique. A 2.7‐μm‐thick crystalline film of neodymium doped Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂ (Nd:GGG) lases at a wavelength centered at 1.06 μm when pumped by a Ti:sapphire laser at 808 nm.

Keywords

THIN FILMS
WAVEGUIDES
GADOLINIUM OXIDES
GALLIUM OXIDES
NEODYMIUM ADDITIONS
ABLATION
SOLID STATE LASERS
DOPED MATERIALS

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