Development of Ceramic Laser Element

Abstract

Practical laser generation from polycrystalline ceramic materials has become available; furthermore, it is expected that ceramic laser technology will completely surpass the conventional glass and single crystal laser technologies in the future. In this work development of high quality ceramic laser materials was successfully done by control on macro-, micro- and nano-structural refinement. Transparency and optical homogeneity were confirmed to be high enough for the development of high power laser generation. In addition optical defects such as residual pores and atomic defects were hardly observed in the fabricated ceramic laser elements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 24, 2009
Accession Number
ADA512652

Entities

People

  • Akio Ikesue
  • Yan L. Aung

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystals
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Fabrication
  • Grain Boundaries
  • Grain Size
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Materials
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Microscopes
  • Optical Fiber Lasers
  • Optical Materials
  • Residuals
  • Single Crystals
  • Solid State Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Materials science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy