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Lower lasing threshold and higher slope efficiency
Large stimulated emission cross-section at lasing wavelength
High absorption over a wide pumping wavelength bandwidth
Optically uniaxial and large birefringence emit strongly-polarized laser
Nd:YVO4 is one of
the most efficient laser host crystals for all-solid-state laser diode pumped
lasers. Its large stimulated emission cross-section at lasing wavelength, high
absorption coefficient and wide absorption bandwidth at pump wavelength, high
laser induced damage threshold as well as good physical, optical and mechanical
properties make it an excellent crystal for high power, stable and
cost-effective diode pumped solid-state lasers With advanced technology on
growing and manufacturing high optical quality Nd:YVO4 crystals, Lasertec can
provide a wide variety of finished crystals.
Lasertec’s
Specifications of Nd:YVO4 Crystal:
Nd+ Dopant |
0.2%,0.27%,0.4%,0.5%,1%,2% |
Orientation: |
A-cut(
± 0.5° ) |
Dimension
Tolerance: |
+/ |
Wavefront
Distortion: |
<λ/8
at 633nm |
Surface
Quality: |
20/10 |
Parallelism: |
< 10
arc seconds |
Perpendicularity: |
< 5
arc minutes |
Surface
Flatness: |
<λ/10
at 632.8nm |
Clear
Aperture: |
Central
95% |
Chamfer: |
0.15x45° |
Coating: |
1.AR@1064nm
R<0.1% |
Properties
of Nd:YVO4
Atomic
Density |
~1.37x1020
atoms/cm2 |
Crystal
Structure |
Zircon
Tetragonal, space group D4h, a=b=7.12, c=6.29 |
Density |
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Mohs
Hardness |
Glass-like,
~5 |
Thermal
Expansion Coefficient |
aa=4.43x10-6/K,
ac=11.37x10-6/K |
Thermal
Conductivity Coefficient |
||C:
5.23 W/m/K; ^C: 5.10 W/m/K |
Lasing
Wavelengths |
914nm,
1064 nm, 1342 nm |
Crystal
Class |
positive
uniaxial, no=na=nb ne=nc |
Thermal
Optical Coefficient |
dna/dT=8.5x10-6/K,
dnc/dT=3.0x10-6/K |
Stimulated
Emission Cross-Section |
25.0x10 |
Fluorescent
Lifetime |
90 ms
(about 50 ms for 2 atm% Nd doped) @ 808 nm |
Absorption
Coefficient |
|
Absorption
Length |
|
Intrinsic
Loss |
Less
0.1% cm-1 , @1064 nm |
Gain
Bandwidth |
0.96 nm
(257 GHz) @ 1064 nm |
Polarized
Laser Emission |
p
parallel to optic axis (c-axis) |
Diode
Pumped Optical to Optical Efficiency |
>
60% |
Sellmeier
Equation (for pure YVO4 crystals) |
no2=3.77834+0.069736/(2
- 0.04724) - 0.01081332 |