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Laser Damage Studies of Silver Gallium Sulfide Single Crystals

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Although AgGaS2 single crystals have desirable optical and nonlinear properties, the low laser damage threshold has limited their application for tunable infrared laser sources. Crystals have been studied by ESCA and Auger techniques and the surface of polished crystals has been found to be silver deficient, while the bulk composition is closer to stoichiometry.

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This work was supported by a Phase I SBIR grant from the Materials Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson AFB, OH. The authors acknowledge their appreciation to Dr. Ilya Zwieback, Manager, Crystal Growth Department of INRAD for fruitful discussions.

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  1. INRAD, Inc., Northvale, NJ, 07647, USA

    Warren Ruderman & John Maffetone

  2. Materials Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, OH, 45433, USA

    David E. Zelman

  3. Physical Electronics Laboratories, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344, USA

    Derrick M. Poirier

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Ruderman, W., Maffetone, J., Zelman, D.E. et al. Laser Damage Studies of Silver Gallium Sulfide Single Crystals. MRS Online Proceedings Library 484, 519–524 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-484-519

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