Specific heat loading in Nd:glass lasers
Abstract
The specific thermal load parameter, chi, for xenon flashlamp-pumped Nd:glass gain media is written as a function of neodymium concentration, pump pulse duration, and energy extraction efficiency. The currently available data on radiative and nonradiative decay probabilities of several commercial Nd:glasses are used to calculate and graph specific thermal load parameter values. By factoring these results into performance scaling relationships for zig-zag and disk lasers, specific Nd:glasses can be selected for optimized laser performance.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- August 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985STIN...8619600K
- Keywords:
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- Glass Lasers;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Thermodynamic Properties;
- Decay;
- Scaling Laws;
- Specific Heat;
- Xenon;
- Lasers and Masers