Photo-thermo-refractive glass co-doped with Nd3+ as a new laser medium

    Authors

    L. Glebova; J. Lumeau;L. B. Glebov

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Opt. Mater.

    Keywords

    Photo-thermo-refractive glass; Laser glass; Photosensitivity; Photo-induced crystallization; Luminescence; Monolithic laser; GRATINGS; INDEX; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Optics

    Abstract

    Photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass demonstrates refractive index change after exposure to UV radiation followed by a thermal treatment that enables recording of high efficiency holographic optical elements. This work demonstrates feasibility of function of this material as a complex optical medium which posseses both photosensitive and luminescent properties and paves a way for creation of monolythic solid state lasers where resonator components can be holographically recorded inside of a laser medium. It was found, that incorporating of Nd3+ ions in PTR glass does not affect photosensitivity required for hologram recording. It was demonstrated that emission wavelength, spectral width, and cross section of Nd3+ luminescence in PTR glass are typical for silicate laser glasses and Nd-doped PTR glass can be considered as a promising laser medium for monolithic solid state lasers. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Optical Materials

    Volume

    33

    Issue/Number

    12

    Publication Date

    1-1-2011

    Document Type

    Article; Proceedings Paper

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1970

    Last Page

    1974

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000296303100026

    ISSN

    0925-3467

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