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Nd:YAG Crystals for aerospace, medical, and industrial applications
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  • Size: Upon customer request
  • Nd Concentration: 0.1- 2.5(+/-0.1)atm%
  • Length: 3 ~ 150mm
  • Surface Quality: 10/5 Scratch/Dig MIL-O-1380A
  • Parallelism: < 10″
  • Perpendicularity: < 5'
  • Clear Aperture: > 90%
  • Surface Flatness: < λ/10 @ 632.8 nm
  • Coating: AR/HR/PR coating upon customer's request
  • Quality Warranty Period: One year
  • Nd:YAG Crystal is the most widely used solid state laser crystal. Nd:YAG laser crystal are wildly used in all types of solid-state laser systems-frequency-doubled continuous wave, high-energy Q-switched, and so forth. Its good fluorescent lifetime thermal conductivity and physical strengths makes it suitable for high power lamp pumped laser.

    Specifications of Nd:YAG Crystal
    Material Nd:Y3Al5O12
    Doping 0.1 ~ 2.5atm%
    Size 3 mm ~ 150 mm or Upon customer request
    Dimension Tolerances ±0.05 mm
    Surface Quality 10/5 S/D
    Parallelism < 10 arcsec
    Perpendicularity < 5 arcmin
    Clear Aperture > 90%
    Wavefront Distortion λ/10 @ 633 nm
    Surface Flatness < λ/10 @ 632.8 nm
    Chamfer < 0.1 mm @ 45°
    Coating AR/HR/PR coating upon customer's request
    Damage Threshold 750mW/cm2 at 1064 nm, TEM00, 10 ns, 10Hz
    Physical and chemical properties
    Chemical Formula Nd:Y3Al5O12
    Crystal Structure Cubic
    Lattice Constant 12.01Å
    Density 4.5g/cm3
    Melting Point 1970°C
    Thermal Conductivity (W/m/k@25°C) 0.14 W
    Specific Heat/(J/g/K) 0.59
    Rupture Stress 1.3-2.6*103 kg/cm2
    Hardness (Mohs) 8.5
    Young's Modulus/GPa 317
    Shear Modulus/Gpa 54.66
    Extinction Ratio 25 dB
    Poisson Ratio 0.25
    Optical properties
    Laser Transition 4F3/2 →> 4I11/2
    Photon Energy 1.86x10-19J
    Laser Transition Wavelength, λl 1064 nm
    Pump Transition Wavelength, λp 808 nm
    Pump Transition Bandwidth, Δλp < 4 nm
    Laser Transition Bandwidth, Δλl ~0.6 nm
    Pump Transition Peak Cross Section, σp(E-20 cm2) 6.7
    Laser Transition Peak Cross Section, σl(E-20 cm2) 28
    Upper Laser Manifold Lifetime, τ(msec) 0.26
    Quantum Defect Fraction 0.24
    Fractional Heat Generation 0.37
    Refractive Index 1.8197 @1.064 µm
    Fluorescence Lifetime 230 µs

    Stock specification list

    If need other specifications and quantities products, please contact us(sales@aogcrystal.com).
    Part Number Face size Length Doping, atm.% Coating
    Nd-YAG-0801 Φ3.0 mm 60.0 mm 0.8 AR/AR@1064 nm
    Nd-YAG-0801 Φ9.0 mm 150.0 mm 0.8 AR/AR@1064 nm
    Nd-YAG-0801 3.0*3.0 mm 2.0 mm 1.1 HR@1064 nm + HT@808 nm/AR@1064 nm
    Nd-YAG-0801 3.0*3.0 mm 5.0 mm 1.1 HR@1064 nm + HT@808 nm/AR@1064 nm

    Notes

  • Anti-reflection coatings are available at your specified wavelength.
  • Be sure to wear laser safety goggles when checking optical path and adjusting optical axis.
  • To inquiry or order a finished Nd:YAG laser rod, please specify the specification listed above, for common application, we only need to know the main specification: Nd-dopant concentration, sizes, and coating. For special request, please specify specification in details for evaluation and fabrication.
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