Abstract
We report a high-efficiency diode-end-pumped polycrystalline ceramic laser. Pumped by a laser diode bar and with an absorbed pump power of , cw output power of at , and at were obtained. The slope efficiency was measured to be 82.4% for the laser emission and 57.1% for the laser emission.
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