CASIX Introduces New Line Of Nd:GdVO4 Laser Crystals

Fuzhou, China – CASIX, Inc., a manufacturer of high quality crystal and precision optics products, announced the introduction of Neodymium Doped Gadolinium Vanadate (Nd:GdVO4) laser crystals for the solid state laser market. Nd:GdVO4 crystals are ideal laser host materials for diode pumped solid state (DPSS) micro/mini lasers because of their high power output, high slope efficiency, good thermal conductivity, low lasing threshold and high laser-induced damage threshold.

Nd:GdVO4 crystals have a large stimulated emission cross section at laser wavelength and a high absorption coefficient and wide bandwidth at pump wavelength, but have a low dependency on pump wavelength and produce a strongly polarized laser output. Nd:GdVO4 has a higher slope efficiency than Nd:YAG crystals and better thermal conductivity and higher power output than Nd:YVO4 crystals.

The Nd:Doping level of Nd:YVO4 crystals is 0.1 - 4.0 atomic percent, wavefront distortion is less than lambda/8 at 633 nanometers (nm), orientation of a-cut is plus or minus 0.5 degrees and the dimensional tolerance is plus or minus 0.1 millimeter (mm).

The performance of Nd:GdVO4 laser crystals and its advantages, as compared to Nd:YVO4 and YAG crystals, can be seen in the chart in the press release on the CASIX website: www.casix.com.

SOURCE: CASIX, Inc.