Newlight's Nd:YAG features

High gain, low threshold, high efficiency

Low loss at 1064 nm, high optical quality

Excellent mechanical and thermal properties

Easy to operate in TEM00 mode

Basic Properties

Crystal Structure	Cubic
Lattice Constant	12.01 Å
Melting Point	1970 oC
Density	4.56 g/cm3
Refractive Index	1.82 @ 1064nm
Thermal Expansion Coefficient	7.8x10-6 /K along <111> 8.2x10-6 /K along <100>
Thermal Conductivity	14 W/m/K, 20 ºC 10.5 W/m/K, 100 ºC
Mohs Hardness	8.5

Optical Properties

Stimulated Emission Cross Section	2.8x10-19 cm2
Spontaneous Fluorescence Lifetime	230 µs
Linewidth	0.6 nm @ 1064nm
Pump Wavelength ( With Laser Diodes)	807.5 nm
Absorption Bandwidth	1 nm
Polarized Emission	Unpolarized
Thermo-Optic Coefficient ( dn/dT)	7.3x10-6 /K
Thermal Birefringence	High
Loss Coefficient	~ 0.002 cm-1 @ 1064nm

Application examples

Very high power laser up to KW level at 1064 nm

Blue laser with the frequency-doubling of 946 nm

Nd:YAG can be passively Q-switched with Cr4+:YAG directly

High power green laser from SHG @ 1064 nm