Title

Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glass Co-Doped With Nd3+ As A New Laser Medium

Keywords

Laser glass; Luminescence; Monolithic laser; Photo-induced crystallization; Photo-thermo-refractive glass; Photosensitivity

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. © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2011

Publication Title

Optical Materials

Volume

33

Issue

12

Number of Pages

1970-1974

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2011.03.044

Socpus ID

80052962154 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/80052962154

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