Kulkarni, A P and Jain, S and Kamath, M P and Joshi, A S and Naik, P A and Gupta, P D and Annapurna, K and Mandal, Ashis Kumar and Karmakar, Basudeb and Sen, Ranjan (2014) Measurement of the figure of merit of indigenously developed Nd-doped phosphate laser glass rods for use in high power lasers. Pramana - Journal of Physics, 82 (1, SI). pp. 159-163. ISSN 0304-4289

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Abstract

High energy, high power (HEHP) Nd:glass laser systems are used for inertial confinement fusion and equation of state (EOS) studies of materials at high temperature and pressure. A program has been undertaken for the indigenous development of Nd-doped phosphate laser glass rods and discs for HEHP lasers. In this paper, we report the characterization of the Nd-doped phosphate laser glass rods produced under this program and compare the indigenously developed laser glass to LHG-8 laser glass of M/s Hoya, Japan. We experimentally measured the values of the stimulated emission cross-section (sigma) and coefficient of intensity-dependent refractive index (n(2)) and hence the figure of merit F = sigma/n(2) of the indigenous phosphate laser glass rods. This value of figure of merit is found comparable to the reported value of identically doped Nd:glass rods.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Glass
Divisions:	Glass
Depositing User:	Bidhan Chaudhuri
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2014 10:19
Last Modified:	18 Dec 2014 10:19
URI:	http://cgcri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/2663

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