Low lasing threshold and high slope efficiency

  Large stimulated emission cross-section at lasing wavelength

  High absorption over a wide pumping wavelength bandwidth

  Optically uniaxial and large birefringence emitting polarized laser

  Large thermal conductivity, ~ twice of that of Nd:YVO4

Crystal Structure

Zircon tetragonal,  a=b=7.212, c=6.350

Space Group

Tetragonal I41/amd

Density

Lasing Transition

4F3/2 - 4I11/2

Lasing Wavelength

1062.9 nm, 1340.0nm

Emission Cross Section (E//c at 1064 nm)

7.6x10-19 cm2

Absorption Cross Section (E//c at 808 nm)

4.9x10-19 cm2

Absorption Linewidth

3 nm

Relaxation Time of Terminal Lasing Level

100 µs

Absorption Coefficient (1% Nd)

57 cm-1 with E//c @ 808 nm 

Wavelength(nm)

630

850

1064

1300

1550

no

2.01685

1.99490

1.98535

1.97889

1.97410

ne

2.25431

2.21482

2.19813

2.18742

2.18009