Properties of a new average power Nd-doped phosphate laser glass

Payne, S A; Marshall, C D; Bayramian, A J; Wilke, G D; Hayden, J S

Title: Properties of a new average power Nd-doped phosphate laser glass

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The Nd-doped phosphate laser glass described herein can withstand 2.3 times greater thermal loading without fracture, compared to APG-1 (commercially-available average-power glass from Schott Glass Technologies). The enhanced thermal loading capability is established on the basis of the intrinsic thermomechanical properties and by direct thermally-induced fracture experiments using Ar-ion laser heating of the samples. This Nd-doped phosphate glass (referred to as APG-t) is found to be characterized by a 29% lower gain cross section and a 25% longer low-concentration emission lifetime.

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Payne, S A; Marshall, C D; Bayramian, A J; Wilke, G D ^[1]; Hayden, J S ^[2]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Schott Glass Technologies, Duryea, PA (United States)

Publication Date:: Thu Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 1995

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 100000

Report Number(s):: UCRL-JC-118191; CONF-950101-8
ON: DE95016625

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Advanced solid-state laser conference, Memphis, TN (United States), 29 Jan - 1 Feb 1995; Other Information: PBD: 9 Mar 1995

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; PHOSPHATE GLASS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; SOLID STATE LASERS; LASER MATERIALS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; DOPED MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM

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                    Payne, S A, Marshall, C D, Bayramian, A J, Wilke, G D, and Hayden, J S. Properties of a new average power Nd-doped phosphate laser glass.  United States: N. p., 1995. 
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                    Payne, S A, Marshall, C D, Bayramian, A J, Wilke, G D, & Hayden, J S. Properties of a new average power Nd-doped phosphate laser glass.  United States.

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                    Payne, S A, Marshall, C D, Bayramian, A J, Wilke, G D, and Hayden, J S. 1995.  
        "Properties of a new average power Nd-doped phosphate laser glass".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/100000.

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