Laser Crystal Grooved Nd:YAG
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Overview:
The grooved Nd:YAG laser rods have the improvements on the beam quality, thermal effect reduction and the efficiency when compared with the common Nd:YAG laser rods.
General Specifications Of Grooved Nd:YAG:
| Nd Dopant Level |
0.5-1.1 atm% |
| Orientation |
<111> crystalline direction (±0.5deg) |
| Dimension Tolerances |
Diameter: ±0.05mm |
| Length: ±0.5mm |
| Surface Quality |
10/5 Scratch and Dig |
| Clear Aperture |
>90% |
| Surface Flatness |
<λ/10@633nm |
| Wavefront Distortion |
<λ/8@633nm |
| Parallelism |
<10 arc seconds |
| Perpendicularity |
<5 arc minutes |
| Chamfer |
<0.1mmx45° |
| AR Coating |
Reflectivity R<0.25%@1064 nm per surface
Damage threshold over 750MW/cm2@1064nm, 10 ns and 10 Hz
Other coating is per your request |
| Extinction Ratio |
Rods with diameter from 3 mm to 6.35 mm and with length to 100 mm: >30dB
Rods with diameter from 7 mm to 10 mm and with length to 100 mm: >28dB |
Physical Properties of Grooved Nd:YAG:
| Chemical Formula |
Nd:Y3Al5O12 |
| Crystal Structure |
Cubic |
| Lattice Constants |
12.01 |
| Concentration |
~1.2 x 1020 cm-3 |
| Melting Point |
1970℃ |
| Density |
4.56 g/cm3 |
| Mohs Hardness |
8.5 |
| Refractive Index |
1.82 |
| Thermal Conductivity |
14 W/m /K @20℃, 10.5 W /m /K @100℃ |
| Thermal Expansion Coefficient |
7.8 x 10-6/K [111], 0 - 250℃ |
Optical Properties of Grooved Nd:YAG:
| Lasing Wavelengths |
1064nm |
| Photon Energy |
1.86x10-19J@1064nm |
| Stimulated Emission Cross-Section |
2.8x10-19cm2 |
| Relaxation Time of Terminal Lasing Level |
30ns |
| Radiative Lifetime |
550us |
| Spontaneous Fluorescence |
230us |
| Loss Coefficient |
0.003 cm-1@1064nm |
| Pump Wavelength |
807.5 nm |
| Absorption band at pump wavelength |
1nm |
| Linewidth |
0.6nm |
| Polarized Emission |
Unpolarized |
| Thermal Birefringence |
High |
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