@article{fbe336dbcc624e2da2a1e6957976df59,
title = "Improved Hardness of Single-Crystal Nd 3+: YAG to Ionizing Radiation via Co-Doping with Cr 3+",
abstract = "The proliferation of optical elements in systems that are subject to harsh ionizing radiation environments prompts the need for commercially available radiation-hard materials, such as laser materials. In the present study, changes in the material optical absorption are compared for a suite of single-crystal YAG, Nd 3+ YAG, and Cr 3+, Nd 3+ : YAG laser materials in response to high-dose-rate gamma radiation events. It is found that the addition of Cr 3+ yields radiation hardened material.",
keywords = "Chromium neodymium YAG, YAG laser material, gamma, neodymium YAG, photodarkening, radiation-hardened, transient radiation-induced absorption",
author = "Glebov, {Boris L.} and Kelly Simmons-Potter and Fox, {Brian P.} and Meister, {Dorothy C.}",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received July 01, 2011; revised December 21, 2011 and February 29, 2012; accepted March 03, 2012. Date of publication April 10, 2012; date of current version June 12, 2012. This work was supported in part by the University of Arizona and the State of Arizona TRIF funds and in part by Sandia National Laboratories, under Contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. B. L. Glebov, K. Simmons-Potter, and B. P. Fox are with the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA (e-mail: bpf@email.arizona.edu). D. C. Meister is with Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185 USA. Color versions of one or more of the figures in this paper are available online at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TNS.2012.2190746",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1109/TNS.2012.2190746",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "59",
pages = "612--618",
journal = "IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science",
issn = "0018-9499",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "3 PART 2",
}