This paper investigates the scattering effect of domestic 0.5 at% ceramic Nd:YAG.An effective method has been utilized to measure the scattering and absorption coefficients.An end-pumped continuous wave (CW) Nd:YAG ceramic laser was also demonstrated.A maximum output power of 6.7 W at 1064 nm was obtained at an 808-nm pump power of 32.9 W.Conversion efficiency and slope efficiency have been achieved.This indicates that scattering has an important effect on the optical performance of ceramic Nd:YAG.
