ER3+ DOPED PHOSPHATE-GLASSES AND LASERS

Authors
JIANG SB MYERS M PEYGHAMBARIAN N
Citation
Sb. Jiang et al., ER3+ DOPED PHOSPHATE-GLASSES AND LASERS, Journal of non-crystalline solids, 239(1-3), 1998, pp. 143-148
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
Journal title
Journal of non-crystalline solids → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223093
Volume
239
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
143 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3093(1998)239:1-3<143:EDPAL>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Phosphate glass samples with various Cr2O3, Yb2O3, and Er2O3 contents based upon 67P(2)O(5). 14Al(2)O(3). 14Li(2)O . 1K(2)O.4(Yb2O3 + Er2O3) were prepared. The effect of changing concentrations of Er3+ ions (0. 1-1.5 x 10(19) ions cm(-3)) and sensitizers Cr3+ ion and Yb3+ ion (2-1 6 x 10(18) ions cm(-3) and 1.35-2.3 x 10(21) ions cm(-3) respectively) on laser performance were investigated. The thermal shock resistance of this glass was doubled after an ion-exchange chemical strengthening process in a KNO3/NaNO3 molten salt bath. Lasers with repetition rate s of 20 Hz at free-running and 15 Hz at Q-switched single mode were de monstrated by utilizing chemically strengthened laser glass rods. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.