Other / Specialty Material Optical Crystals
from Electro Optical Components, Inc.
Ce:GAGG (Gd3Al2Ga3O12) is expected to be a new promising scintillator for single photon emission coputed tomography(SPECT), gamma-ray and compton electron detection. A high photon yield and emission peak around 520 nm makes the material well suited to be readout by Silicon Photo-multiplier... [See More]
- Type: Electro-Optic; Scintillation
- Transparency Range: 530
- Material: Gd3Al2Ga3O12
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
Alexandrite (Cr3+:BeAl2O4, chromium-doped beryllium aluminate) is a laser gain material used in solid-state lasers for applications such as dermatology and Lidar, etc. Alexandrite is produced via the Czochralski growth method. It has a thermal shock resistance five times that of Nd:YAG and a wide... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Transparency Range: 755
- Material: Alexandrite
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
from CASTECH, Inc.
LiTaO3 is an E-O crystal widely used for E-O devices, due to its good optical NLO and E-O properties, as well as high damage threshold. CASTECH supplies high quality LiTaO3 boules and wafers with the following specifications for standard applications. We can also offer other specifications upon... [See More]
- Type: Acousto-optic; Electro-Optic
- Material: LiTaO3
from CeNing Optics Co., Ltd.
Calcium fluoride CaF2 is commonly used as a window material for both infrared and ultraviolet wavelengths, since it is transparent in these regions (about 0.15mm to 9mm) and exhibits extremely weak birefringence. Furthermore, the material is fairly inert chemically, so that these windows are not... [See More]
- Material: CaF2 Crystals
- Surface Quality: 60-40 Scratch / Dig
- Transparency Range: 130 to 11300
- Surface Flatness: λ/2
from Changchun Yutai Optics Co., Ltd.
Bonding (Diffusion bonded) crystals consist of one laser crystal and one or two undoped material. They are combined by optical contact method and further bonded under high temperature. Diffusion Bonded Crystal helps to decrease thermal lens effect considerably. [See More]
- Material: YAG + Yb:YAG + Cr⁴⁺:YAG
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
The Co² ⁺-doped magnesium aluminate spinel (Co:MgAl ₂O ₄) crystal is an efficient saturable absorber that can be used in 1.5 μm eye-safe solid-state lasers and is an effective material for passive Q-switched solid-state lasers operating in the near-infrared region. The... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Transparency Range: 1200 to 1600
- Material: Co²?-doped magnesium aluminate spinel
- Features: AR-Coated
from CASTECH, Inc.
a-BBO (a-BaB2O4) is a negative uniaxial crystal which has large birefringence over a broad transparent range of 190nm to 3500nm. a-BBO is an excellent crystal especially in UV and high power applications. The physical, chemical, thermal and optical properties of a-BBO crystal are similar to those of... [See More]
- Type: Birefringent
- Material: a-BBO
from Changchun Yutai Optics Co., Ltd.
LiF(lithium fluoride crystal) is an optical infrared crystal which transmits from 0.10 to 7 µm. OPTICAL. Transmission Range 0.12 to 8.5 microns. Refractive Index 1.3943 at 0. 5 microns. Reflection Loss 5.4% at 0.5 µm (2 surfaces). Restrahlen Peak 25 microns. dN/dT -12.7 x 10-6/ °C at... [See More]
- Material: LiF
- Optical Application: Infrared
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
Cr ⁴ ⁺:YAG crystal, with its full name being chromium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet, is an ideal material for Q-switching in lasers with wavelengths ranging from 0.8 to 1.2 μm (such as Nd:YAG and other Nd or Yb-doped ones). It is also an active medium that can be used in CW... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Material: Cr4?:YAG
- Surface Flatness: λ/8
from CASTECH, Inc.
The Yttrium Orthovanadate (YVO4) is a positive uniaxial crystal grown with Czochralski method. It has good temperature stability and physical and mechanical properties. It is ideal for optical polarizing components because of its wide transparency range and large birefringence. It is an excellent... [See More]
- Type: Birefringent
- Material: YVO4
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
CTH:YAG is a triple doped Laser gain material. It is an efficient solid-state laser medium for 2100nm generation, widely used in medical, meteorological, and military fields. High spectral overlap of pump radiation (lamp or diode) with the Cr3+ and Tm3+ absorption bands, and a highly efficient... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Material: YAG
- Surface Flatness: λ/10
from CASTECH, Inc.
Yb:CaGdAlO4(called CALGO) is a promising new laser gain material which possess several important advantages. The crystal structure of CALGO is tetragonal. When it is pumped at 979nm under pi configuration, we can get broad emission spectra from 994nm to 1050nm in theta configuration. This implies a... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Material: Yb:CaGdAlO4
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
Er:Yb:Glass is an active gain medium, it generates 1535nm laser, which is an eye-safe wavelength. This wavelength is favorable in laser range finding and telecommunication applications. Er,Yb:Glass can be used together with Cobalt Spinel to form a passive Q-switched laser, which can generate short... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Material: Glass
- Surface Flatness: λ/10
from CASTECH, Inc.
TSAG is a key isolator material for next generation fiber laser. As an ideal magneto-optic crystal in visible and infrared regions,TSAG has the advantages of high Verdet constant,excellent thermal and mechanical properties. [See More]
- Type: Magneto-Optical
- Material: TSAG
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
Nd:Ce:YAG is a high efficiency laser material that can be widely used in medical, military and meteorology fields. In double doped Nd:Ce:YAG crystals, Cerium are chosen as sensitizer for Nd3+ ions because of its strong absorption in UV spectral region in flash lamp pumping and efficient energy... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
- Material: YAG
- Surface Flatness: .125
from CASTECH, Inc.
Cesium Lithium Borate (CsLiB6O10,CLBO) is a newly developed crystal with excellent UV nonlinear feature, and widely used for semiconductor inspection, micro processing,bio-medical,UV-LIDAR,etc. Compared to BBO,it has larger spectral and temperature acceptance larger angle tolerance and smaller... [See More]
- Type: Nonlinear
- Material: CLBO
from CRYSTECH, Inc.
Nd:YAG is a four-level gain medium (except for the 946nm transition), offering substantial laser gain even for moderate excitation levels and pump intensities. It allows for high gain efficiency and thus low threshold pump power. Nd:YAG lasers can be diode pumped or lamp pumped. Flash lamp pumping... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Damage Threshold: 1.00E6
- Material: YAG
- Surface Quality: 10-5 Scratch / Dig
from CASTECH, Inc.
Cadium tungstate (CdWO4, CWO) single crystal is an important scintillation materials applied in the radiation detection technology, especially for security checking , industrial CT and medical imaging. Large-size CWO single crystals with high quality were grown successfully by vertical Bridgman... [See More]
- Type: Scintillation
- Material: Cadium Tungstate Scintillation
from Suzhou Sujing Crystal Element Co.,Ltd
Used for precision measuring instrument probe, high pressure pump, liquid chromatography and valve ball, bearing for ball, pen bead, etc [See More]
- Material: Sapphire & Ruby
- Optical Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
from Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Bricks can be cut to customer specified dimensions and orientation. A ground finish is standard. All bricks are cut from HTOT's in house grown HEM sapphire. All grades are available from Optical Grade 1 to Mechanical grade. Slicing services are available to provide substrates ready for your... [See More]
- Material: Sapphire
from EKSMA OPTICS
Cross-Polarized Wave (XPW) generation is a nonlinear third order process during which fundamental and generated waves have the same frequency; however, generated wave is perpendicularly polarized to pump wave polarization. Phase matching occurs over large bandwidth in XPW generation process. This... [See More]
- Material: BaF2
- Thickness / Height: 0.0197 to 0.1181
- Length: 0.3937
- Width: 0.3937
from HG Optronics, Inc.
CaF2 or Calcium Fluoride is a cubic crystal with an excellent transmission from 130 nm to 10 μm and has widespread applications as transparent windows in the ultraviolet and infrared spectra. Descriptions: CaF2 or Calcium Fluoride is a cubic crystal with an excellent transmission from 130 nm to... [See More]
- Material: Calcium Fluoride
- Diameter: 7.09
- Optical Application: Infrared; Ultraviolet
- Refractive Index: 1.23 to 1.5
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Calcite is a natural crystal that has high birefringence, wide spectral transmission and availability in reasonably sized rhombs. It's a negative uniaxial crystals and mostly used as visible and near IR polarizers. [See More]
- Material: Calcite Optical Crystal
from Suzhou Sujing Crystal Element Co.,Ltd
Used for laser working material, high pressure pump precision plunger, high temperature light guide device, bearing with ball [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Optical Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
- Material: Sapphire & Ruby
- Features: Laser / Heat Resistant
from Guizhou Haotian Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
HTOT's ingots are cored from their HEM grown boules after the boules have been sliced and graded by their technicians. The ingots are cored on A-axis using precision CNC coring machines. The ingots are then inspected for any defects and trimmed to length. The crystal axis is measured and the ingots... [See More]
- Material: Sapphire
- Length: 1.57 to 7.09
- Diameter: 2 to 5.91
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Co2+:MgAl2O4 Cospinel is a relatively new material for passive Q-switching in lasers emitting from 1.2 to 1.6 μm, in particular, for eye-safe 1.54 μm Er:glass laser, but also works at 1.44 μm and 1.34 μm wavelengths. Spinel is a hard, stable crystal that polishes well. Cobalt substitutes... [See More]
- Type: Q-Switch
- Damage Threshold: 750000
- Material: Cobalt-doped magnesium aluminate spinel
- Refractive Index: 1.69
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Passive Q-Switching has advantages of passive (no necessary for the input power), compact, low cost and easy to manufacture and operate. Cr4+ :YAG is an excellent passive Q-switch crystals for Nd and Yb doped laser whose wavelength is in the range of 900-1200 nm, especially for the diode pumped or... [See More]
- Material: Cr4+:YAG Optical Crystal
from Suzhou Sujing Crystal Element Co.,Ltd
Used in infrared, ultraviolet, filtering, such as infrared window, telemetry, surveillance, gas detection, military aerospace, etc. Such as high temperature furnace observation window, sapphire mirror, also used in the field of medical endoscopy and medical cosmetology. [See More]
- Material: Sapphire
- Features: Laser / Heat Resistant
- Optical Application: Infrared; Visible; Ultraviolet
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Cr4+:YAG (Y3Al5O12) crystal is ideal for passive Q-switch operation of Nd:YAG and other Nd3+ or Yb3+ doped laser crystals in the wavelength range of 900 nm to 1200 nm. Passive Q-switches or saturable absorbers provide high power laser pulses without electro-optic Q-switches, thereby reducing the... [See More]
- Type: Q-Switch
- Damage Threshold: 750000
- Material: Chromium Doped Yttrium AIuminum Garnet
- Surface Quality: 20-10 Scratch / Dig; 20/10 Scratch/Dig MIL-O-1380A
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Erbium and ytterbium co-doped phosphate glass has a broad application because of the excellent properties. Mostly, it is the best material for medical application where the need for eye protection may be difficult to manage or diminish or hinder essential visual observation. Recently it is used in... [See More]
- Material: Er: Doped Phosphate Glass
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Er3+, Yb3+ co-doped phosphate glass is a well-known and commonly used active medium for lasers emitting in the “eye-safe ” spectral range of 1,5-1,6 µm. As an eye-safe wavelength laser, 1540um ,Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped phosphate glass lasers have attracted much attention for their... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Damage Threshold: 750000
- Material: Erbium And Ytterbium Co-Doped Phosphate Glass
- Refractive Index: 1.53
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
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. LLG mainly offers two types of Nd3+ doped phosphate glasses-N21 and N31. LLG Nd3+ phosphate glasses are guaranteed... [See More]
- Material: Nd:Doped Phosphate Glass
from HG Optronics, Inc.
HGO grows Ho:YLF laser crystals using Czochralski technology. Ho:YLF is a very attractive laser material, because the lifetime of the upper laser level is much longer ( ~ 14 ms) than in Ho:YAG and the emission cross sections are higher. Additionally the thermal lens in Ho:YLF is much weaker, which... [See More]
- Type: Laser
- Damage Threshold: 750000
- Material: Ho:YLF crystal Holmium-doped Yttrium Lithium Fluoride
- Refractive Index: 1.45 to 1.47
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Neodymium doped Gadolinium Vanadate (Nd:GdVO4) is a promising material for diode pumped laser. Similar to Nd:YVO4 crystal, Nd:GdVO4 crystal also exhibits high gain, low threshold, and high absorption coefficients at pumping wavelengths, which result from the excellent fit of the neodymium dopant in... [See More]
- Material: Nd:GdVO4 Optical Crystal
from HG Optronics, Inc.
KDP Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate and KD*P or DKDP Potassium Dideuterium Phosphate are among the most widely-used commercial NLO materials, characterized by good UV transmission, high damage threshold, and high birefringence, though their NLO coefficients are relatively low. They are usually used... [See More]
- Material: KDP and KD*P; KDP Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate and KD*P or DKDP Potassium Dideuterium Phosphate
- Damage Threshold: 750000
- Optical Application: Ultraviolet
- Transparency Range: 200 to 1600
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Yttrium vanadate has been growing in popularity because of its high gain, low threshold, and high absorption coefficients at pumping wavelengths, which result from the excellent fit of the neodymium dopant in the crystal lattice. These advantages make Nd:YVO4 is a better choice than Nd:YAG for... [See More]
- Material: Nd:YVO4 Optical Crystal
from HG Optronics, Inc.
Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTiOPO4 or KTP) is widely used in both commercial and military lasers including laboratory and medical systems, range-finders, lidar, optical communication and industrial systems. Descriptions: KTP Nonlinear crystal Potassium Titanyl Phosphate is the most commonly used... [See More]
- Type: Nonlinear
- Optical Application: Infrared; Visible
- Material: KTP; KTP Nonlinear crystalPotassium Titanyl Phosphate
- Damage Threshold: 750000
from Foctek Photonics, Inc.
Ti3+ :Al2O3 :- titanium-doped sapphire crystals combine supreme physical and optical properties with broadest lasing range, It's indefinitely long stability and useful lifetime added to the lasing over entire band of 660-1050 nm challenge "dirty" dyes in variety of applications. Medical laser... [See More]
- Material: Ti:Sapphire Optical Crystal