| Nd:YVO4
crystal properties: |
| Atomic Density |
1.26x1020 atoms/cm3 (Nd 1.0%) |
| Crystal structure |
Zircon Tetragonal, space group D4h-I4/amd, a=b=7.1193, c=6.2892 |
| Density |
4.22 g/cm3 |
| Mohs Hardness |
4 - 5 (Glass - like) |
| Thermal expansion coefficient (300K) |
aa=4.43x10-6 /K
ac=11.37x10-6 /K |
| Thermal conductivity coefficient (300K) |
//C: 0.0523 W/cm/K ^C: 0.0510 W/cm/K |
| Thermai optical coefficient (300K) |
dno/dT=8.5x 10-6/K dne/dT=2.9x 10-6/K |
| Lasing wavelength |
1064 nm, 1342 nm |
| Sellmeier Equation (for pure YVO4 crystals) |
no2=3.77834+0.069736/(I2-0.04724)-0.0108133.I2
ne2=4.59905+0.110534/(I2-0.04813)-0.0122676.I2 |
| Stimulated emission cross-section |
25 x 10-19cm2 @1064 nm |
| Fluorescent lifetime |
90 ms |
| Absorption coefficient |
31.4 cm-1 @810 nm |
| Intrinsic loss |
0.02 cm-1
@1064 nm |
| Gain bandwidth |
0.96 nm @1064 nm |
| Polarized laser emission |
p polarization; parallel to optic axis(c-axis) |
| Diode pumped optical to optical efficiency |
>60% |
| Standard Nd doping
concentration |
0.2%, 0.5
%, 1.0 %, 2.0 %, 3.0% |
