Processing technology, laser, optical and thermal properties of ceramic laser gain materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5792, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Dubinskii, Mark ^a   Merkle, Larry D ^a   Goff, John R ^a   Quarles, Gregory J ^b   Castillo, Vida K ^b   Schepler, Kenneth L ^c   Zelmon, David ^c   Guha, Shekhar ^c   Gonzalez, Leonel P ^c   Rickey, Matthew R ^c   Lee, Julie J ^c   Hegde, S M ^c   Dumm, John Q ^b   Messing, Gary L ^d   Lee, Sang Ho ^d  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b II VI Inc   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Laser; Laser damage; Nd:YAG; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC; LASER DAMAGE; LASER MATERIAL; ND:YAG;

HIGH ENERGY LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 26844500343     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.602879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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