Glass exhibiting fluorescence at 1.06 micrometers

摘要

A novel glass exhibits fluorescence from trivalent neodymium ions at a wavelength of approximately 1.06 micrometers. The glass consists essentially of about 98 weight percent of a host glass and about 2 weight percent Nd2(SO4)3. The host glass being either 90 mol percent ZnCl2 and 10 mol percent Na2SO4 or 60 mol percent ZnSO4 and 40 mol percent Rb2SO4.