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Gadolinium Gallium Garnet single crystals doped with cobalt ions are used for suppression of parasitic as edge cladding layers in Nd:Gd3Ga5O12 (Nd:GGG) crystal amplifier plates for heat capacity and other high power solid-state laser applications. Co:GGG absorbs at the lasing wavelength of 1062 nm. Nd:GGG amplifier plates with edge cladding of Co:GGG of adjusted absorption coefficient at 1062 nm will be used as adhesive-free bonded (AFB) composite crystal components in a heat capacity laser system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Composite formation of Nd:GGG and Co:GGG involves heat treatment. The absorption coefficient of the as-grown Co:GGG single crystal changes as function of heat treatment. We report on a method of reversibly adjusting the absorption coefficient of Co:GGG in a certain range, e.g. for a specific Co ion concentration of 0.0046% between 0.45/cm and 0.95/cm.
The interpretation of the reversible adjustment of absorption coefficients based on absorption spectra, site symmetry and cobalt ion valency will be presented
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Huai-Chuan Lee, Helmuth E Meissner, Oliver R Meissner, "Co:GGG edge cladding with adjusted absorption coefficients in composite crystals," Proc. SPIE 5332, Solid State Lasers XIII: Technology and Devices, (8 July 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529409