Laser Rods Fabricated from AMMRC Grown Nd:YAG,

Abstract

The laser will be used extensively on the modern battlefield to greatly improve the accuracy of new Army weapon systems. Some examples of applications are laser range finders in the XM-1 tank and other armored vehicles and laser target designators for infrared guided missiles and projectiles such as HELLFIRE and COPPERHEAD. While lasing ability is found in gases, liquids, and solids (both crystalline and noncrystalline), the laser preferred in the above Army application, because of its high efficiency and narrow spectral linewidth, is a single crystal of a compound of yttrium oxide and aluminum oxide with small additions of neodymium oxide as the active element.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056419

Entities

People

  • Dennis J. Viechnicki
  • Jaroslav L. Caslavsky

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum Oxides
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystal Structure
  • Crystals
  • Elements
  • Fabrication
  • Guided Missiles
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heating Elements
  • Laser Target Designators
  • Materials
  • Production Engineering
  • Scattering
  • Single Crystals
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy