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Aluminosilicate glasses for zinc selenide tunable fiber laser cladding
Author(s) -
Mathewson Carly,
Urbina Isabella,
Badding John V.,
Gopalan Venkatraman,
Mauro John C.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/jace.17471
Subject(s) - materials science , aluminosilicate , cladding (metalworking) , zinc selenide , laser , fiber laser , optical fiber , mineralogy , composite material , fiber , optoelectronics , optics , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , catalysis
A set of novel potassium‐calcium‐aluminosilicate glasses are developed to serve as the cladding material for a doped ZnSe core infrared fiber laser. The compositions exhibit high glass transition temperatures between 753°C and 918°C and high thermal expansion coefficients between 5.75 ppm/°C and 8.21 ppm/°C. We demonstrate successful application of these glass compositions as a cladding for a ZnSe tunable fiber laser.