Nd and yb containing phosphate glasses for laser use
Abstract
Abstract 1. A GLASS FOR LASER USE COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS, IN PRESENT BY WEIGHT-40-90% OF METAPHOSPHATES SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF LI, NA, K, ZN, CD, BA, PB, MG, CA, AND SR, 5-50% OF PHOSPHATES OF ELEMENTS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF AL, ZR, B, AND CE, 1-7% OF TRIVALENT NEODYMIUM ND3+, AND 0.3-5% OF TRIVALENT YTTERBIUM UB3+, SAID GLASS HAVING A THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENT IN THE RANGE OF 50-160X10**-7 1/DEGREE, A MICROHARDNESS IN THE RANGE OF 300-450 KG./MM,2,A QUANTUM EFFICIENCY OF TRANSMISSION OF ND3+>YB3+HIGHER THAN 0.7, THE SECTION OF STIMULATED EMISSION OF YTTERBIUM AT X=1060 NM. BEING EQUAL TO ABOUT 2.5-5X10**-21 CM.2, AND A MAXIMUM INVERSION AT ELECTRIC ENERGY OF PUMPING OF 80 JOULES/CM.3 IS 1.5 TO 2X10**19 1/CM.2.
Inventors
- 👤 M Zhabotinsky
- 👤 A Izyneev
- 👤 E Koryagina
- 👤 V Kravchenko
- 👤 J Rudnitsky
- 👤 E Sverchkov
- 👤 N Alexeev
- 👤 B Davydov
- 👤 I Buzhinsky
- 👤 V Gapontsev
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