Estimation of excited-state absorption and photobleaching in Fe^2+-doped lithium sodium silicate glass under exposure to high-power nanosecond laser pulses

Autor: Demos, Stavros G., Ehrmann, Paul R., Roger Qiu, S., Schaffers, Kathleen I., Suratwala, Tayyab I.
Zdroj: Applied Optics; April 2015, Vol. 54 Issue: 10 p2762-2768, 7p
Abstrakt: Fe-doped lithium sodium silicate glasses codoped with Sn and C to promote the Fe^2+ redox state are investigated under simultaneous excitation at the first and third harmonics of a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser. The aim is to evaluate critical parameters associated with the potential use of this material as an optical filter that transmits the third harmonic but blocks the fundamental frequency. Estimations of the excited-state absorption coefficient and photobleaching (reduction of absorption at the fundamental) are provided. The results provide insight on the design and expected operational parameters of this type of Fe-doped materials.
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