Transparent Glass Ceramics Doped by Chromium(3) and Chromium(3) and Neodymium(3) as New Materials for Lasers and Luminescent Solar Concentrators

Abstract

Transparent glass ceramics doped by chromium (III ) and codoped by chromium (III) and neodymium (III) having the structure of spinel, gahnite, petalite and mullite were prepared. Steady state spectroscopy (absorption and emission) as well as time resolved spectroscopy were studied at room temperature and varying temperatures down to that of liquid helium. Quantum efficiency of chromium (III) at room temperature is high, between 0.9 and 1.0, in mullite glass ceramics. Cross section for laser and laser threshold were calculated. The potential application of these materials for tunable lasers in the red and near infrared is described. Glass, Ceramics, Chromium, Tunable lasers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 27, 1988
Accession Number
ADA205076

Entities

People

  • Renata Reisfeld

Organizations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Chromium
  • Dye Lasers
  • Emission Spectra
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Optical Properties
  • Physics
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Quantum Yields
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Spectroscopy
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Solar Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Quantum Computing