Title : 
Development of Nd-doped optical gain material based on silica glass with a high thermal shock parameter for high-average-power laser
         
        
            Author : 
Fujimoto, Yasushi ; Sato, Takahiro ; Okada, Hajime ; Sumimura, Kazuhiko ; Yoshida, Hidetsugu ; Nakatsuka, Masahiro ; Ueda, Tetsuji ; Fujinoki, Akira
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Inst. of Laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper reports demonstrations of laser amplification and oscillation at 1.06 μm in a bulk-type Nd-doped silica glass (Nd2O3: 1.25 wt%, Al2O3: 2.72 wt%, SiO2: 96.03 wt%) with a high thermal shock parameter, 12.0 W/cm.
         
        
            Keywords : 
alumina; laser beams; neodymium; optical glass; silicon compounds; solid lasers; thermal shock; thermo-optical effects; 1.06 micron; Al2O3; Nd-doped optical gain material development; Nd2O3; SiO2; bulk-type Nd-doped silica glass; high-average-power laser; laser amplification; laser oscillation; thermal shock parameter; Electric shock; Fluorescence; Glass; Laser ablation; Laser fusion; Optical materials; Silicon compounds; Thermal conductivity; Thermal expansion; Thermomechanical processes;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-795-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201980