Chemically stregthened Er3+, Nd3+ doped phosphate laser glasses

Shibin Jiang; John D. Myers; Ruikun Wu; Gregg M. Bishop; Daniel L. Rhonehouse; Michael J. Myers; Scott J. Hamlin

doi:10.1117/12.206475

10 April 1995 Chemically stregthened Er3+, Nd3+ doped phosphate laser glasses

Shibin Jiang, John D. Myers, Ruikun Wu, Gregg M. Bishop, Daniel L. Rhonehouse, Michael J. Myers, Scott J. Hamlin

Proceedings Volume 2379, Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Crystals; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206475
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Significant enhancement of the thermal loading capability has been achieved with both Er³⁺ and Nd³⁺ doped inherently strong glasses by an ion-exchange chemical strengthening process. A free running laser with an average output power of 6.5 W and a Q-switched single mode laser with an energy of 5 mJ at a repetition rate of 15 Hz have been demonstrated at the 1.54 micrometers eye safe wavelength with strengthened QX/Er glass. An average output power of 110 W at 1.05 micrometers has been obtained employing a strengthened QX/Nd glass rod.

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Shibin Jiang, John D. Myers, Ruikun Wu, Gregg M. Bishop, Daniel L. Rhonehouse, Michael J. Myers, and Scott J. Hamlin "Chemically stregthened Er3+, Nd3+ doped phosphate laser glasses", Proc. SPIE 2379, Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Crystals, (10 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206475

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