Abstract
Three phosphate glasses Nd3+ doped QX/Nd, Er3+ doped QX/Er and Yb3+ doped QX/Yb were developed for high average power lasers. It was shown that all three phosphate laser glasses exhibited high strength, low thermal expansion coefficient and optical athermal behavior. Enhancement of thermal loading capabilities of the glasses were achived by ion-exhcange chemical strengthening processes. Experiments indicated that problems regarding thermal loading and resulting stress induced birefriengence for QX/Yb were comparable for Yb:YAG crystals.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2-13 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 3280 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1998 |
Event | Rare-Earth-Doped Materials and Devices II - San Jose, CA, United States Duration: Jan 26 1998 → Jan 27 1998 |
Keywords
- Chemical strengthening
- Erbium
- High average power
- Ion-exchange
- Neodymium
- Phosphate glass
- Solid state laser
- Ytterbium
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering