Nd:YVO4 is one of the most efficient laser host crystal currently existing for diode laser-pumped solid-state lasers. Nd:YVO4 is an excellent crystal for high power, stable and cost-effective diode pumped solid-state lasers. Nd:YVO4 can produce powerful and stable IR, green, blue lasers with the design of Nd:YVO4 and frequency doubling crystals. For the applications in which more compact design and the single-longitudinal-mode output are needed, Nd:YVO4 shows its particular advantages over other commonly used laser crystals.

Advantages of Nd:YVO4

•  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 emits polarized laser

•  Low dependency on pumping wavelength and tend to single mode output

Specifications:

Density                           4.22 g/cm²

Melting Point                   ^{1810 ± 25℃}

Orientation                     ^{a-cut crystalline direction (+/-5℃)}

Wavefront distortion        ^{<λ/8 at 633nm}

Surface quality               ^{better than 20/10 Scratch/Dig}

Parallelism                     ^{< 10 arc seconds}

Perpendicularity             ^{< 5 arc minutes}

Surface flatness             ^{<λ/10 at 632.8nm}

Chamfer                       0.15x45^o