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High-power laser glass---Nd:glass(N21 and N31) Nd doped phosphate glass have been widely used in high average power laser solid state lasers£¬laser material processing, range finder and other industrial and scientific applications.

Shanghai Optics mainly offers two types of Nd3+ doped phosphate glasses£­N21and N31. Nd3+ phosphate glasses are guaranteed in optical qualities such as homogeneity, striation, stress birefringence, Pt inclusions etc. The different neodymium doping phosphate glasses are ready for your quest.

We have stocked 0.7%, 3.0%, and 4.0% doped N31 and N21. N21- an Nd3+ : phosphate glass is specially developed for the LF1 # and LF2 # Laser Facility. It consist of two high power laser beams at 1.054um, each has an output aperture of 200mm with output power of 10 12 W. Its operation represents a significant achievement of laser technology in China.

This kind of glass exhibits the moderate cross section for stimulated emission and the excellent chemical durability. N31£­a new Nd3+ : phosphate glass is specially developed for the LF12 # Laser Facility£­at present the most powerful laser facility in China. It exhibits the nearly same qualification with HOYA LHG8. Table Properties of Nd3+ -doped phosphate glass.

Specification
Dimension tolerance:
    (W +/- 0.1 mm) x (H +/- 0.1 mm) x (L +/- 0.2 mm)
Transmitting wavefront distortion: l/8 @633nm
Clear aperture: > 90% central area
Flatness: l/8 @633nm
Scratch/Dig code: 10/5 to MIL-O-13830A
Parallelism: better than 20 arc seconds
Perpendicularity: 5 arc minutes
Angle tolerance: Dq< +/-0.5°Df< +/-0.5°
AR coating: R< 0.1% at 1064nm and R<0.4% at 532 nm
Quality Warranty Period: one year under proper use
 
 
Standard Products (Nd:GLASS)
N21
N31
LASER PROPERTIES
Nd2O3 (wt%)

2.2
2.2
Nd3+ conc. (10 20 ions/cm3)
2.68
2.26
Cross section for stimulated emission
(10 -20 cm2 )
3.40+/-0.3
4.0+/-0.3
Lift time (usec)
330
340+/-10
Fluorescence half-line width at 290oK(Å)
240
201
Center lasing wavelength (nm)
1059
1059
OPTICAL PROERTIES
Non-linear refractive index coeff.n 2
(¡Á10 £­13 e.s.u)
1.3+/-0.1
1.1+/-0.1
n(1053nm)

1.5652
1.5280
n d
1.5758
1.5357
n F
1.5731
1.5413
n c
1.5820
1.5332
Abbe value
65.3
66.2
dn/dT (10 -6 /oC) (20~100oC)
-4.2
-4.3
Coeff.of linear thermal expansion
(10 -6 /oC) (20~100oC)
11.0
10.7
Thermal coeff. (10 -6 /oC)(20~100oC)
1.9
1.4
THERMAL PROPERTIES
Transformation temp.(oC)
500
430
Softening temp.(oC)
530
475
Coeff.of linear thermal expansion
(10 -6 /oC) (100~TgoC)
12.0
12.7
Thermal conductivity (25oC) (10 -3 W/cmoC)
5.53
5.58
Specific heat ( 25oC) (J/cm3 oC)
0.75
0.75
CHEMICAL ROPERTIES
D w (H2O 100oC 1hr)(wt. Loss%)
0.06
0.09
D A (HNO 3 pH2.2 100oC 1hr) (wt. loss%)
0.30
0.40
OTEHER ROPERTIES
Density(g/cm3 )
3.40
2.83
Young's modulus (kgf/mm2 )
5640
5270
Posson's ratio
0.27
0.27
Knoop hardness (kg/cm2 )
650
630