
- Product Name: Nd:YVO4
- Dopant Concentration Tolerance :+/- 0.1%
- Parallelism:< 10 arc seconds
- Perpendicularity:< 5 arc minutes
- Chamfer:0.1mm at 45°
- Clear Aperture:95%
- Scratch and Dig:20/10 or better
- Surface Flatness:λ/8 at 633nm
- Wavefront Distortion:λ/8 at 633nm
- Damage Threshold:Over 15 J/cm2 TEM00, 10ns, 10Hz
Product overview
Neodymium doped Yttrium Orthovanadate (Nd:YVO4) is the most efficient laser host crystal for diode pumped, solid-state lasers as well as low to middle power devices. We can offer Nd, Yb and no doped YVO4 laser crystals performing the specifications upon your request.Scitlion is able to offer
Nd dopand concentration from 0.15% to 3% (mol%)
Rod diameter from 1mm to 35mm
Length from 1mm to 50mm
Coating upon your request
Physical and Optical Properties |
|
Atomic Density (1% Nd) |
~1.37 x 1020 atoms/cm3 |
Crystal Structure |
Zircon Tetragonal, Space group D4h-14/amd |
Lattice Constants |
a=b=7.12A; c=6.29A |
Density |
4.22 g/cm3 |
Mohs Hardness |
4~5 |
Thermal Expansion |
aa = 4.43 x 10-6/K at 300K ac = 11.37 x 10-6/K at 300K |
Thermal Conductivity |
5.23 W/m/K ∥c-axis 5.10 W/m/K ⊥c-axis |
Lasing Wavelength |
1064nm, 1324nm |
Thermal Optical Coefficient |
dno/dT = 8.5 x 10-6/K at 300K dne/dT = 2.9 x 10-6/K at 300K |
Stimulated Emission Cross Section |
25 x 10-19cm2 at 1064nm |
Fluorescent Lifetime |
90μs (1% Nd) |
Absorption Coefficient |
31.4 cm-1 at 810nm |
Intrinsic Loss |
0.02 cm-1 at 1064nm |
Gain Bandwidth |
0.96 nm at 1064nm |
Polarized Laser Emission |
πPolarization, ∥optical axis (c-axis) |
Diode Pumped Optical to Optical Efficiency |
> 60% |
Sellemeier Equations (λ in μm) |
|
no2 = 3.77834 + 0.069736/( λ2-0.04724) - 0.010813λ2 |
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ne2 = 4.59905 + 0.110534/(λ2-0.04813) – 0.012676λ2 |