3D printed ceramic laser gain media

Zachary M. Seeley; Nerine Cherepy; Thomas Rudzik; Ian Phillips; Alexander Drobshoff; Timothy Yee; Oscar Herrera; Fredrick Ryerson; Tyler Wineger; Yimin Wang; Mike Squillante; Mark Dubinskiy; Stephen Payne

doi:10.1117/12.2589593

19 April 2021 3D printed ceramic laser gain media

Zachary M. Seeley, Nerine Cherepy, Thomas Rudzik, Ian Phillips, Alexander Drobshoff, Timothy Yee, Oscar Herrera, Fredrick Ryerson, Tyler Wineger, Yimin Wang, Mike Squillante, Mark Dubinskiy, Stephen Payne

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Proceedings Volume 11724, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XVI; 117240B (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2589593
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2021, Online Only

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Transparent ceramic fabrication via solid state sintering is opening a path to a new category of laser gain media with tailor-made doping and index profiles. Techniques such as assembly of green structure pieces, direct ink writing, and Ink jet printing allow the fabrication of a wide variety of tailored optics including; slabs, rods, gradient doping, thin disks, ceramic-clad single-crystal fibers, and planar waveguides. The potential for 3D printed gain media to have a profound impact on new laser design and integrated optics is yet untapped. This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. DOE by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. LLNL-ABS-816729

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Zachary M. Seeley, Nerine Cherepy, Thomas Rudzik, Ian Phillips, Alexander Drobshoff, Timothy Yee, Oscar Herrera, Fredrick Ryerson, Tyler Wineger, Yimin Wang, Mike Squillante, Mark Dubinskiy, and Stephen Payne "3D printed ceramic laser gain media", Proc. SPIE 11724, Laser Technology for Defense and Security XVI, 117240B (19 April 2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2589593

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