Erbium Glass(Er,Cr,Yb: Glass) – Laser Crystal – Gain Medium – Customized Products

Product ID: 6583


$100

Erbium Glass(Er,Cr,Yb: Glass) – Laser Crystal – Gain Medium – Customized Products

Erbium Glass doped with Er3+, Yb3+ and Cr3+, Erbium-doped glass laser provides a useful coherent source in the spectral range near 1.5 μm, which is relatively safe for the human eye and is convenient in many applications, such as lidar and range measurements, fiber-optic communication, and laser surgery. In spite of the considerable progress in the development of InGaAs laser diode pump sources, Xe flashlamp will continue to be used as pump sources of Er: glass lasers because of their high reliability and low cost, and also the simplicity of design of such systems. Since about half the flashlamp radiation energy is emitted in the visible and near infrared (IR) ranges, a second sensitizer Cr3+ is introduced into Yb-Er laser glasses to utilize this energy.

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Features:
High laser efficiency
Low laser threshold
Safe for human eye
High light conversion

Material Specifications

Materials Cr14 CrE5
Orientation [100] or [110]±0.5° [100] or [110]±0.5°
Mass Density 3.10 g/cm3 2.95 g/cm3
Mohs Hardness 8.5 8.5
Young’s Modulus 57.6 GPa 57.6 GPa
Strength of Extension 2 GPa 2 GPa
Melting Point 1970°C 1970°C
Thermal Conductivity 0.7 0.8
Specific Heat Capacity/(J·g-1·K-1 0.59 0.59
Thermal Shock Resistance Parameters 800 W/m 800 W/m
Thermal Coefficient Optical path length(10-7 /ºC)(20〜100ºC) 3.6
Linear Thermal Expansion Coefficient(10-7 / K)(20〜100℃) 103 80.5
Linear Thermal Expansion Coefficient(10-7 / K)(100〜300℃) 127 87
Softening Temperature(℃) 493 519
Transformation Temperature(℃) 455 476
Chemical Durability (weight loss in 100 C distilled water)(μg/ hr.cm2 103
dn / dT(10-6 /ºC)(20〜100ºC) -5.2 -6.8
Refractive Index @ 1535 nm 1.53 1.533
Refractive Index @ 589.3nm) 1.539 1.541
Abbe Value 64 63.6

Optical Properties

Optical Density 0.1 to 0.8
Fluorescent Lifetime 7.7-8.2 ms
Concentration 0.5 mol % ~ 3 mol %
Emission Wavelength 1535 nm
Absorption Coefficient 1.0 cm-1 ~ 7 cm-1
Emission Absorption Cross Section 0.75×10-20cm2@1535nm
Transmittance 10% to 90%
Coating AR≤ 0.2% @1535nm
Damage Threshold > 500 MW / cm2

Polishing Specifications

Orientation Tolerance < 0.5°
Thickness/Diameter Tolerance ±0.05 mm
Flatness <λ/8@632 nm
Wavefront Distortion <λ/4@632 nm
Surface Finish 10-5(MIL-O-13830A)
Parallelism 10
Perpendicularity 15ˊ
Clear Aperture >90%
Chamfer <0.1×45°
Max. Size dia (3-12.7)×3-150mm2

 

Absorption and Emission Spectra

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