title: Temperature-dependent Sellmeier equations for rare-earth sesquioxides.
abstract: High-power lasers are making increasing demands on laser hosts especially in the area of thermal management. Traditional hosts, such as YAG, are unsuitable for many high-power applications and therefore, new hosts are being developed including rare-earth sesquioxides. We report new measurements of the refractive indices of these materials as functions of wavelength and temperature, which will aid in the design of laser cavities and other nonlinear optical elements.
authors.affiliation: Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RXPS, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433-7707, USA. david.zelmon@wpafb.af.mil
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Zelmon
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Northridge
authors.forename: Nicholas D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perlov
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Petermann