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Bulk optical damage thresholds for doped and undoped, crystalline and ceramic yttrium aluminum garnet

Journal Article · · Applied Optics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.48.003509· OSTI ID:22036382
We measured the bulk optical damage thresholds of pure and Nd-doped ceramic yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), and of pure, Nd-doped, Cr-doped, and Yb-doped crystalline YAG. We used 9.9 ns, 1064 nm, single-longitudinal mode, TEM00 pulses, to determine that the breakdown thresholds are deterministic, with multiple-pulse thresholds ranging from 1.1 to 2.2 kJ/cm{sup 2}.
OSTI ID:
22036382
Journal Information:
Applied Optics, Journal Name: Applied Optics Journal Issue: 18 Vol. 48; ISSN APOPAI; ISSN 0003-6935
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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