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Nd:YVO4 is a high efficient crystal for diode pumped Lasers. Its advantages are a wide absorption band around 808 nm, polarized output and a low threshold.
Material Parameters | Host crystal | YVO4 | Lattice type, symmetry, space group
| Zircon structure, tetragonal, I 4/amd
| | Dopant concentration (Nd3+) | 0.1 to 2.5 at% | | Crystallographic orientation | [100], other orientations on request | | Fluorescence lifetime | 90 µs (at 1 at% Nd) | Index of refraction (1064 nmn)
| no = 1,958
ne = 2,168
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Optical ElementsRods with length up to 30 mm, diameter 1 to 10 mm (standard specifications);
segmented crystals (YVO4/Nd:YVO4 are available);
Slabs in various sizes and orientations, thin discs.
CoatingsCoatings upon request, AR1064, AR1064/808
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LASER Crystals