Contract Crystal Growth and Fabrication Services

Abstract

This program is intended to give the scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory the ability to evaluate new solid state laser crystals. The crystal requested and grown was Erbium Scandium Gallium Garnet (ESGG). The melt composition is listed in Table 1. It was assumed that the distribution coefficients are unity and that the crystal composition will be the same as the melt. The crystal grew well. Some strain and surface cracking exists. The best material is in the center of the boule. No fluorescence was observed with a bright fiber optic inspection light or long wave UV source.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 19, 1991
Accession Number
ADA232120

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People

  • M. H. Randles

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Contracts
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystals
  • Fabrication
  • Inspection
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Scandium
  • Scientists
  • Solid State Lasers

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  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

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  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics