Laser emission at 1077?nm in Nd3+-doped calcium aluminosilicate glass

Abstract  Laser emission at 1077 nm (4F3/24I11/2) was demonstrated in Nd3+-doped low silica content calcium aluminosilicate (LSCA) glass under 810-nm pumping by a Ti:sapphire laser. The slope efficiency of the laser emission was found to be