Recent advances in phosphate laser glasses for high-power applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 10286, Issue , 1996, Pages 3-39

  Campbell, John H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High power lasers; Laser glass; Optical glass; Phosphate glass

Indexed keywords

HIGH POWER LASERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SURFACE SCATTERING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

COMPOSITIONAL STUDIES; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS; LASER GLASS; NON-RADIATIVE RELAXATION; PHOSPHATE GLASS; PHOSPHATE LASER GLASS; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; HIGH POWER LASERS; NONRADIATIVE RELAXATION; PHOSPHATE LASER GLASSES; SURFACE SCATTERING; THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANT GLASSES;

OPTICAL GLASS;

EID: 0029746537     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.245185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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