N41 Neodymium-doped phosphate glass has high stimulated emission cross section, low nonlinear refractive index and good thermal characteristics is specially for high power laser facilities. N41 has a lower refractive index than N21 and N31.
| Nd2O3(wt%) | 4.6 | 
| Nd3+ conc. (1020ions/cm3) | 4.3±0.1 | 
| Cross section for stimulated emission | (10-20cm2) 3.9±0.1 | 
| Lifetime at 1053nm (sec)* | ≥370(Nd2O3:0.5wt%) | 
| ≥360(Nd2O3:1.2wt%) | |
| ≥315(Nd2O3:3.5wt%) | |
| ≥310(Nd2O3:4.6wt%) | |
| Effective bandwidth (nm) | 25.5 | 
| Fluorescence peak wavelength (nm) | 1053 | 
| Absorption coefficient (cm-1) | ≤0.0015(1053nm) | 
| ≤0.25(400nm) | |
| ≤1.5(3333nm) | 
| Non-linear refractive index coeff.n2 (×10-13e.s.u) | ≤1.04 | 
| Refractive index (1053nm) | 1.504±0.003 | 
| Abbe value | 68.2 | 
| Transformation temp. (℃) | 467 | 
| Softening temp. (℃) | 503 | 
| Coeff.of linear thermal expansion (10-7/K) (30~100℃) | 129 | 
| Density (g/cm3) | 2.62 | 
| Young’s modulus (G Pa) | 52.4 | 
| Posson’s ratio | 0.25 | 
| Knoop hardness (kg/cm2) | 347 | 
| Fracture toughness (MPam1/2) | 0.62 | 
| Dw (H2O 98℃) (mg/(cm2/day)) | 0.41 | 
Used for nonlinear laser microscopies practical, fiber-based, high-power, wideband sources and practical optical frequency comb system
Used for femtosecond laser writing method, optical communication
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