Aluminosilicate glasses for zinc selenide tunable fiber laser cladding

Abstract

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.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Sep 17, 2020
Source ID
10.1111/jace.17471

Entities

People

  • Carly Mathewson
  • Isabella Urbina
  • John C. Mauro
  • John V Badding
  • Venkatraman Gopalan

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy