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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