Accession Number:

AD0610876

Title:

NEODYMIUM LASER GLASS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Descriptive Note:

Quarterly status rept. no. 10

Corporate Author:

AMERICAN OPTICAL CORP SOUTHBRIDGE MA

Personal Author(s):

• Woodcock, Richard F.

Report Date:

1964-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

3.0

Abstract:

Investigations concerning the effects of thermal gradients on the optical path length of glass lasers and the conversion efficiency of silicate glasses containing Nd203 are summarized.

Descriptors:

• *GLASS
• *LASERS
• *NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS
• ADDITIVES
• MATERIALS
• OPTICAL PROPERTIES
• OXIDES
• REFRACTIVE INDEX
• RODS
• SILICATES
• THERMAL EXPANSION

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE