High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2017, 5 (1): 010000e1, Published Online: Jul. 26, 2018
Research and development of new neodymium laser glasses Download: 743次
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Abstract
This work presents a brief introduction on three kinds of newly developed $\text{Nd}^{3+}$ -doped laser glasses in Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), China. Two $\text{Nd}^{3+}$ -doped phosphate glasses with lower thermal expansion coefficient and thermal shock resistance 4 times higher than that of N31 glass are developed for laser processing. Nd:Silicate and Nd:Aluminate glasses with peak emission wavelength at 1061 and 1065 nm, effective emission bandwidth of 34 and 50 nm, respectively, are developed for Exawatt-class laser system application. Fluorophosphate glasses with low nonlinear refractive index ($n_{2}=0.6{-}0.86$ ) and long fluorescence lifetime ($430{-}510~\unicode[STIX]{x03BC}\text{s}$ ) are investigated for the purpose of decreasing B integral in high-power laser system. The properties of all these glasses are presented and compared with those of commercial neodymium laser glasses.
Dongbing He, Shuai Kang, Liyan Zhang, Lin Chen, Yajun Ding, Qianwen Yin, LiLi Hu. Research and development of new neodymium laser glasses[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2017, 5(1): 010000e1.