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Laser Glass

Laser Glass

L3Harris laser components and subsystems are used in a wide variety of military, medical, scientific, fiber-optic communication and industrial applications. L3Harris has built its business on excellence and scientific innovation, with the goal to provide unequaled solid-state laser expertise.

Kigre Laser Glass Product Shot

Materials

L3Harris standard and special laser glass materials may be doped with rare-earth elements such as erbium, ytterbium, samarium, neodymium, holmium, thulium, dysprosium, europium and praseodymium.

Specialty Glass Products Available

Q-98
A neodymium-doped athermal phosphate laser glass of exceptional optical quality offering high gain and athermal behavior. The result is a higher repetition rate with minimum beam divergence.

Q-100
Patented use in applications where the highest possible gain is desired. The superior performance of this neodymium-doped athermal phosphate glass results from its uniquely high neodymium concentration.

Q-246
A neodymium-doped silicate laser glass known for its strength and durability. It is the laser glass of choice for a wide range of applications from range finding to materials processing.

QE-7 & QE-7s
Erbium-doped phosphate laser glass that is four times more efficient than the erbium-doped silicate laser glass developed in the 1960s. Its unique "eye-safe" operating wavelength of 1.535 microns makes it ideal for specialized medical apparatus as well as field-safe range finding.

QX/Nd, QX/Er and QX/Yb
QX phosphate glass laser materials exhibit a chemical durability that is comparable to silicate glasses. These high-performance laser glasses are designed to withstand high thermal loading and thermal shock conditions in both strengthened and unstrengthened configurations.

IR Glass
Germanate IR transmitting glass window/laser material, L3Harris BGA and NRL BGG glass materials exhibit high optical transmission in a wide window region from the visible (~ 450nm) through the infrared to ~ 5μm. L3Harris has demonstrated a tunable 2.09 micron BGA glass laser doped with holmium and other rare-earth sensitizers.

Special Melting Facility
L3Harris' "Special Melts" are manufactured to customer-specified dopant concentrations. Various base materials for your "Special Melt" host glass are available from an extensive menu. Let our technical people help you select a glass laser material specifically designed for your application.

Featured News

Kigre Laser Glass Product Shot

Editorial | 08. 03. 2022

Laser Glass - Meeting Customer’s Challenging Specifications

When we think about glass, we think first of household items. Practical, decorative, clear and breakable – but glass is so much more. It is a fascinating material with amazing possibilities. L3Harris is a manufacturer of specialty eye-safe laser glass. Our customers have strict standards and require glass that performs in extreme conditions where decisions rely on the quality of the glass.

Kigre Laser Glass Product Shot

Editorial | 08. 03. 2022

Laser Glass - Meeting Customer’s Challenging Specifications

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