YAG晶体性能参数.pdf

YAG YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET LASER MATERIALS YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET Introduction tutes for Aluminum (Al3+). For laser gain applications, YAG is Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (YAG, with chemical formula typically doped with Nd3+ at the 0.2 to 1.4% (atomic) level. Y Al O ) has emerged as the most widely produced laser gain Nd:YAG is an efficient 4-level laser material and may be used in 3 5 12 both pulsed and CW operation. 11,12 The principal Nd:YAG emis- host and has enjoyed recent popularity as a substrate material for sion is at 1064.14 nm. optical components. The YAG host is a stable compound, mechanically robust, physically hard, optically isotropic, and In combination with nonlinear optical (NLO) components, transparent from below 300 nm to beyond 4 microns. YAG single sum frequency or difference frequency output can be produced. crystals are able to accept trivalent laser activator ions from both This approach can be easily used to create frequency-doubled the Rare Earth and Transition Metal groups, and can be grown laser output at 532 nm and various other nonlinear processes with very low strain. spanning the UV to mid-IR bands.13 Crystal growth of the YAG host material was initially High Power Continuous Wave Operation achieved in the late 1950s and early 1960s at various locations, including the National Lead Company,1 the Linde Company,2 and