Bulk optical damage thresholds for doped and undoped, crystalline and ceramic yttrium aluminum garnet.
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We measured the bulk optical damage thresholds of pure and Nd-doped ceramic yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), and of pure, Nd-doped, Cr-doped, and Yb-doped crystalline YAG. We used 9.9 ns, 1064 nm, single-longitudinal mode, TEM00 pulses, to determine that the breakdown thresholds are deterministic, with multiple-pulse thresholds ranging from 1.1 to 2.2 kJ/cm2.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 48 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009