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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yuiko T Hayden, Clarks Summit, PA (US);
Donna Guesto-Barnak, Dupont, PA (US);
Assignee:
Schott Glass Technologies, Inc., Duryea, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ; C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
501 45 ; 501 47 ; 501 48 ; 501 73 ; 501 77 ; 501 78 ; 501152 ; 2523 / ; 2523 / ;
Abstract
A low-or no-silica, low- or no-alkali phosphate glass useful as a laser amplifier in a multiple pass, high energy laser system having a high thermal conductivity, K.sub.90.degree. C. >0.85 W/mK, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, .alpha..sub.20.degree.-300.degree. C. <80.times.10.sup.-7 /.degree.C., low emission cross section, .sigma.<2.5.times.10.sup.-20 cm.sup.2, and a high fluorescence lifetime, .tau.>325 .mu.secs at 3 wt. % Nd doping, consisting essentially of (on an oxide composition basis):