Materials: | Nd:YAG | Nd Concentration Tolerance (atm%): | 0.3-1.5% |
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Orientation: | [001] Or [110] Or [111] < ±0.5° | Parallel: | 10 |
Perpendicular: | 5 | Surface Quality: | 10/5 |
Highlight: | nd yag laser rod,laser material |
Neodymium doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Nd:Y3Al5O12 or Nd:YAG) crystal, which continues as the best of the rare earth garnet materials that are characterized by four-level laser operation which permits low threshold pulse and CW operation. It is the most mature and widely used solid-state laser material adopted by R&D, medical, industrial and military customers. Its main and obvious advantages are: high gain, low threshold, high efficiency, low loss at 1.064 m, as well as high optical quality, good thermal conductivity and thermal shock characteristics, stable chemical and mechanical properties, which make Nd:YAG as the most suitable and commercial laser material for various modes of operation (CW, pulsed, Q-switched, mode locked and cavity dumped).
Features
Wide absorption bandwidth |
Low lasing threshold |
High slope efficiency |
Large luminescence cross-section |
Linearly polarized emission and single-mode output |
Applications
Laser cutting |
Laser welding |
Laser marking |
Laser ranging |
Laser surgery |
Main Specifications
Materials |
Nd:YAG |
Nd Concentration tolerance (atm%) |
0.3-1.5% |
Orientation |
[001] or [110] or [111] < ±0.5° |
Parallel |
10 |
Perpendicular |
5 |
surface Quality |
10/5 |
Wavefront Distortion |
/4@632nm |
Surface Flatness |
/8@632nm |
Clear Aperture |
>95% |
Chamfer |
<0.2×45° |
Thickness/Diameter Tolerance |
±0.05 mm |
Maximum dimensions |
dia (3~12.7)×(3~150)mm |
Coatings |
AR/AR@940+1030HR@1030+HT@940+AR1030 |
Material characteristics
Physical and chemical characteristics
Properties |
Nd:YAG |
Crystal Structure |
cubic - la3d |
Lattice Constants |
12.01 |
Density |
4.56 g/cm3 |
Melting Point |
1950°C |
Refractive Index |
n= 1.8197 @1.064 m |
Thermal Conductivity /(Wcm-1K-1@25°C) |
0.14 W |
Specific Heat/ (Jg-1K-1) |
0.59 |
Thermal Expansion /(10-6/°C@25°C ) |
6.9 |
Hardness (Mohs) |
8.5 |
Young`s Modulus /GPa |
317 |
Shear Modulus / GPa |
54.66 |
Extinction Ratio |
25dB |
Poisson Ratio |
0.25 |
Optical characteristics
Properties |
Nd:YAG |
pump transition wavelength, p (nm) |
808 |
laser transition wavelength, l (nm) |
1064 |
pump transition bandwidth,p (nm) |
<4 |
laser transition bandwidth, l (nm) |
~0.6 |
pump transition peak cross section,p (E-20 cm2) |
6.7 |
laser transition peak cross section, l (E-20 cm2) |
28 |
pump transition saturation intensity,p (kW/cm2) |
12 |
laser transition saturation intensity, l (kW/cm2) |
2.6 < |