Well-designed Er:Glass - Nd:YVO4 Crystal – WISOPTIC
Well-designed Er:Glass - Nd:YVO4 Crystal – WISOPTIC Detail:
Nd:YVO4 (Neodymium-doped Yttrium Vanadate) is one of the best commercially available material for diode-pumped solid-state lasers, especially for lasers with low or middle power density. For example, Nd:YVO4 is a better choice than Nd:YAG for generating low-power beams in hand-held pointers or other compact lasers. In these applications, Nd:YOV4 has some advantages over Nd:YAG, e.g. high absorption of pumped laser irradiation and large stimulated emission cross section.
Nd:YVO4 is a good choice for highly polarized output at 1342 nm, as the emission line is much stronger than those of its alternatives. Nd:YVO4 is capable of working with some nonlinear crystals with high NLO coefficient (LBO, BBO, KTP) to generate lights from near infrared to green, blue, or even UV.
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WISOPTIC Capabilities – Nd:YVO4
• Various options of Nd-doping ratio (0.1%~3.0at%)
• Various sizes (max diameter: 16×16 mm2; max length: 20 mm)
• Various coatings (AR, HR, HT)
• High processing accuracy
• Very competitive price, quick delivery
WISOPTIC Standard Specifications* - Nd:YVO4
| Doping Ratio | Nd%=0.2%~3.0at% |
| Orientation Tolerance | +/- 0.5° |
| Aperture | 1×1 mm2~16×16 mm2 |
| Length | 0.02 mm~20 mm |
| Dimension Tolerance | (W±0.1mm)×(H±0.1mm)×(L+0.5/-0.1mm) (L≥2.5mm) (W±0.1mm)×(H±0.1mm)×(L+0.2/-0.1mm) (L<2.5mm) |
| Flatness | < λ/8 @ 632.8 nm (L≥2.5mm) < λ/4 @ 632.8 nm (L<2.5mm) |
| Surface Quality | < 20/10 [S/D] |
| Parallelism | < 20” |
| Perpendicularity | ≤ 5′ |
| Chamfer | ≤ 0.2 mm @ 45° |
| Transmitted Wavefront Distortion | < λ/4 @ 632.8 nm |
| Clear Aperture | > 90% central area |
| Coating | AR @ 1064nm, R< 0.1% & HT @ 808nm, T>95%; HR @ 1064nm, R>99.8% & HT@ 808nm, T>95%; HR @ 1064nm, R>99.8%, HR @ 532 nm, R>99% & HT @ 808 nm, T>95% |
| Laser Damage Threshold | > 700 MW/cm2 for 1064nm, 10ns, 10Hz (AR-coated) |
| * Products with special requirement upon request. | |
DOWNLOAD Technical Data – Nd-YAG
Advantages of Nd:YVO4 (compared with Nd:YAG)
• Wider pumping bandwidth around 808 nm (5 times that of Nd:YAG)
• Bigger stimulated emission cross-section at 1064nm (3 times that of Nd:YAG)
• Lower laser damage threshold and higher slope efficiency
• Different from Nd:YAG, Nd:YVO4 is uniaxial crystal which gives linearly polarized emission, avoiding redundant thermally induced birefringence.
Laser Properties of Nd:YVO4 vs Nd:YAG
|
Crystal |
Doping（atm%） |
σ |
α (cm-1) |
τ (μs) |
Lα (mm) |
Pth (mW) |
ηs (%) |
|
Nd:YVO4 |
1.0 |
25 |
31.2 |
90 |
0.32 |
30 |
52 |
|
2.0 |
25 |
72.4 |
50 |
0.14 |
78 |
48.6 |
|
|
Nd:YVO4 |
1.1 |
7 |
9.2 |
90 |
— |
231 |
45.5 |
|
Nd:YAG |
0.85 |
6 |
7.1 |
230 |
1.41 |
115 |
38.6 |
| σ - stimulated emission cross-section, α - absorption coefficient, τ - fluorescent lifetime Lα - absorption length, Pth - threshold power, ηs - pump quantum efficiency |
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Physical Properties – Nd:YVO4
| Atomic density | 1.26×1020 atoms/cm2 (Nd%=1.0%) |
| Crystal structure | Zircon tetragonal, space group D4h-I4/amd a=b=7.1193 Å, c=6.2892 Å |
| Density | 4.22 g/cm2 |
| Mohs hardness | 4.6~5 (glass-like) |
| Thermal expansion coefficient (300K) | αa=4.43×10-6/K, αc=11.37×10-6/K |
| Thermal conductivity coefficient (300K) | ||c: 5.23 W/(m·K); ⊥c: 5.10 W/(m·K) |
| Melting point | 1820 ℃ |
Optical Properties – Nd:YVO4
| Lasing wavelength | 914 nm, 1064 nm, 1342 nm |
| Refractive indices | positive uniaxial, no=na=nb ne=nc no=1.9573, ne=2.1652 @ 1064 nm no=1.9721, ne=2.1858 @ 808 nm no=2.0210, ne=2.2560 @ 532 nm |
| Thermal optical coefficient (300K) | dno/dT=8.5×10-6/K, dne/dT=3.0×10-6/K |
| Stimulated emission cross-section | 25.0×10-19 cm2 @ 1064 nm |
| Fluorescent lifetime | 90 μs (1.0at% Nd doped) @ 808 nm |
| Absorption coefficient | 31.4 cm-1 @ 808 nm |
| Absorption length | 0.32 mm @ 808 nm |
| Intrinsic loss | 0.02 cm-1 @1064 nm |
| Gain bandwidth | 0.96 nm (257 GHz) @ 1064 nm |
| Polarized laser emission | parallel to optic axis (c-axis) |
| Diode pumped optical to optical efficiency | > 60% |
|
Polarized emission |
Polarized |
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