Laser-induced-damage studies in newly developed laser glasses

Amit Garg; Kailash Narayan Tripathi; Avinashi Kapoor; Surendra Kumar Bansal

doi:10.1117/12.574552

26 January 2005 Laser-induced-damage studies in newly developed laser glasses

Amit Garg, Kailash Narayan Tripathi, Avinashi Kapoor, Surendra Kumar Bansal

Proceedings Volume 5627, High-Power Lasers and Applications III; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.574552
Event: Photonics Asia, 2004, Beijing, China

Abstract

The entrance and exit surface damage has been observed in newly developed Neodymium doped phosphate laser glasses viz. Potassium Barium Aluminium Phosphate (KBAP), Lanthanum Potassium Barium Aluminium Phosphate (LKBAP), Yttrium Aluminium Phosphate (YAP) under Q switched Nd:YAG laser irradiation at 1.06 μm wavelength near normal incidence. The YAP glass is suitable for low repetition rate system such as range finders while KBAP and LKBAP find applications for high repetition rate systems which are used in material processing and electro-optic counter measures. The difference between the entrance and exit surface damage thresholds has been explained using electromagnetic effects. The comparison of the morphological features of the KBAP and LKBAP suggest the role of metallic inclusion in the samples whereas in the case of YAP sample, the damage is governed by the intrinsic physical properties of this glass.

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Amit Garg, Kailash Narayan Tripathi, Avinashi Kapoor, and Surendra Kumar Bansal "Laser-induced-damage studies in newly developed laser glasses", Proc. SPIE 5627, High-Power Lasers and Applications III, (26 January 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.574552

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