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Progress in Nd 3+ , Er 3+ , and Yb 3+ doped laser glasses at Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics
Author(s) -
Zhang Liyan,
Hu Lili,
Jiang Shibin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied glass science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2041-1294
pISSN - 2041-1286
DOI - 10.1111/ijag.12283
Subject(s) - phosphate glass , laser , materials science , lasing threshold , doping , atomic physics , optics , analytical chemistry (journal) , optoelectronics , physics , chemistry , chromatography
Abstract This paper reviews the progress made on Nd 3+ , Er 3+ , and Yb 3+ doped laser glasses at SIOM , China. Key properties of Nd: phosphate and Nd: fluorophosphate ( FP ) laser glasses are presented and compared with the commercial laser glasses from Hoya and Schott. Also reviewed are properties of four types of Er: phosphate glasses. The development of a continuous, large‐scale melting platform producing high‐quality Nd: phosphate laser glass at SIOM is briefly described. Our study on the Stark splitting of Yb 3+ : 2 F 7/2 level indicates that mixed‐glass formers can significantly improve the Stark splitting, resulting enhancement of lasing performance of Yb: phosphate glass.