Optical Properties
- Lasing wavelengths : 914 nm, 1064 nm, 1342 nm
- Crystal class : positive uniaxial, no=na=nb, ne=nc,
- no=1.9573, ne=2.1652, at 1064 nm
- no=1.9721, ne=2.1858, at 808 nm
- no=2.0210, ne=2.2560, at 532 nm
- Fluorescence lifetime (spontaneous emission lifetime) as a function of Nd ions concentration:
| Nd concentration (atom %) | Fluorescence lifetime (μs)@ 1064 nm | Reference |
| 0.4 | 110 | J. Appl. Phys. 49, 5517-5522 (1978). |
| 1.0 | 100 | Castech web site |
| 1.1 | 90 | Casix web site |
| 2.0 | 50 | Casix web site |
- Absorption cross-section at 808 nm : 5.5×10−20 cm²
- Emission cross-section at 1064 nm : 38×10−19 cm² (Reference: JOSA 66, 1405-1414 (1976).)
- Polarized laser emission : π-polarization; parallel to optic axis (c-axis) (for a-cut crystal)
- Gain bandwidth : 0.96 nm (257 GHz) at 1064 nm (for 1.1 atm% Nd doped)
- Absorption coefficients at 808 nm for different doping conenctrations:
Read more about this topic: Neodymium-doped Yttrium Orthovanadate
Famous quotes containing the words optical and/or properties:
“The convent, which belongs to the West as it does to the East, to antiquity as it does to the present time, to Buddhism and Muhammadanism as it does to Christianity, is one of the optical devices whereby man gains a glimpse of infinity.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“A drop of water has the properties of the sea, but cannot exhibit a storm. There is beauty of a concert, as well as of a flute; strength of a host, as well as of a hero.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)