Silver Gallium Sulfide (AgGaS2, AGS) is very useful for middle and deep infrared applications due to its large nonlinear optical (NLO) coefficients and high transmission in the IR region. The phase matching and transmission characteristics of AgGaS2 allow 3-wave interactions in the mid and near IR. It has been used as an efficient NLO crystal for frequency mixing involving 3 - 10 µm IR pulses such as OPA pumped by a Ti:Sapphire laser and DFG or SFG of the signal/idler pulses from an OPA.
Newlight Photonics offers AgGaS2 crystals with a typical aperture of 5x5 mm. Larger apertures up to 10x10 mm are available upon request. The thickness can be as small as 0.2 mm.
Part No. | Description | Application | Thickness | Price | Availability | Add to Cart |
Structure and Physical Properties:
Crystal Structure | Tetragonal |
Cell Parameters | a=5.756 Å, c=10.301 Å |
Melting Point | 997°C |
Density | 4.702 g/cm3 |
Mohs Hardness | 3-3.5 |
Absorption Coefficient | 0.01 cm-1@ 1.064 µm 0.6 cm-1 @ 10.6 µm |
Relative Dielectric Constant @ 25 MHz | ε11s=10 ε11t=14 |
Thermal Expansion Coefficient | ||C: -13.2 x 10-6/oC ⊥C: +12.5 x 10-6/oC |
Thermal Conductivity | 1.5 W/M/°C |
Transparency Range |
0.50-13.2 µm |
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Refractive Indices @ 1.064 µm @ 5.300 µm @ 10.60 µm |
no 2.4521 2.3945 2.3472 |
ne 2.3990 2.3408 2.2934 |
Thermo-Optic Coefficients |
dno/dt=15.4 x 10-5/°C |
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Sellmeier Equations (λ in µm) |
no2=3.3970+2.3982/(1-0.09311/λ2)+2.1640/(1-950/λ2) ne2=3.5873+1.9533/(1-0.11066/λ2)+2.3391/(1-1030.7/λ2) |
Nonlinear Optical Properties:
Phase-Matching SHG Range |
1.8-11.2 µm
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NLO Coefficients @ 1.064 µm |
d36=d24=d15=23.6 pm/V
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Linear Electro-optic Coefficients |
γ41T=4.0 pm/V
γ63T=3.0 pm/V |
Damage threshold @ ~ 10 ns, 1.064 µm |
25 MW/cm2 (surface),
500 MW/cm2 (bulk)
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Typical Transmission Curve (L=10 mm, Internal):
Specifications of AGS components:
Wavefront distortion: less than λ/6 @ 633 nm |
Dimension tolerance: (W +/-0.1 mm) x (H +/-0.1 mm) x (L +0.2 mm/-0.1 mm) |
Clear aperture: > 90% central area |
Flatness: λ/8 @ 633 nm |
Surface Quality: Scratch/dig 20/10 per MIL-O-13830A |
Parallelism: better than 20 arc seconds |
Perpendicularity: 5 arc minutes |
Angle tolerance: Δθ < +/-0.25o, Δφ < +/-0.25o |
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