[摘要]：Yb:YAG transparent ceramics with different doping concentration were fabricated by the traditional solid-state diffusion route, and their fluorescence properties and laser behavior were investigated. It is found that both the fluorescence intensity and lifetime depend deeply on both the doping concentration of Yb ions and the annealing treatment. The continuous wavelength (C.W.) laser performance for 10 at.% Yb:YAG ceramic suggests that both the threshold pump power and slope efficiency increase with increasing transmittance of the output couple (T-oc). For T-oc = 15%, the threshold pump power is about 6.1 W, the slope efficiency is 25%, and the maximum output power of 2.2 W is achieved when pumped by 14.9 W. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
