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Title: Specific heat loading in Nd:glass lasers

Abstract

The specific thermal load parameter, chi, for xenon flashlamp-pumped Nd:glass gain media is written as a function of neodymium concentration, pump pulse duration, and energy extraction efficiency. The currently available data on radiative and nonradiative decay probabilities of several commercial Nd:glasses are used to calculate and graph specific thermal load parameter values. By factoring these results into performance scaling relationships for zig-zag and disk lasers, specific Nd:glasses can be selected for optimized laser performance.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5031625
Report Number(s):
UCID-20531
ON: DE86002151
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; FLASH TUBES; GAIN; SCALING LAWS; XENON; AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRON TUBES; ELEMENTS; FLUIDS; GAS DISCHARGE TUBES; GASES; LASERS; NONMETALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RARE GASES; SOLID STATE LASERS; 420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989); 700208 - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Inertial Confinement Technology

Citation Formats

Krupke, W F. Specific heat loading in Nd:glass lasers. United States: N. p., 1985. Web. doi:10.2172/5031625.
Krupke, W F. Specific heat loading in Nd:glass lasers. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5031625
Krupke, W F. 1985. "Specific heat loading in Nd:glass lasers". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5031625. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5031625.
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title = {Specific heat loading in Nd:glass lasers},
author = {Krupke, W F},
abstractNote = {The specific thermal load parameter, chi, for xenon flashlamp-pumped Nd:glass gain media is written as a function of neodymium concentration, pump pulse duration, and energy extraction efficiency. The currently available data on radiative and nonradiative decay probabilities of several commercial Nd:glasses are used to calculate and graph specific thermal load parameter values. By factoring these results into performance scaling relationships for zig-zag and disk lasers, specific Nd:glasses can be selected for optimized laser performance.},
doi = {10.2172/5031625},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5031625}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 1985},
month = {Wed Aug 07 00:00:00 EDT 1985}
}