The zero order waveplate is designed to give a retardance of zero full waves, plus the desired fraction.Zero order waveplate shows better performance than multiple order wavepalte.It has broad bandwidth and a lower sensitivity to temperature and wavelength changes.It should be considered for more critical applications.
Glan-Thompson polarizers consist of two cemented prisms made from the highest optical grade of calcite or a-BBO crystal. Unpolarized light enters the polarizer and is split at the interface between the two crystals. The ordinary rays are reflected at each interface, causing them to be scattered and partially absorbed by the polarizer housing. The extraordinary rays pass straight through the polarizer, providing a polarized output.
Feature:
Broadband low power polarizers for UV, visible or ne...
Nd:YAP AlO3 perovskite (YAP) is a well known host for solid state lasers. The crystal anisotropy of YAP offers numerous advantages.It permits a small tuning of wavelength by varyingthe wave vector direction in the crystal. Furthermore, the output beam is linearly polarised.
Advantages of Nd:YAP Crystals:
Comparable threshold and slope efficiency at 1079nm to Nd:YAG at 1064nm
Higher efficiency at 1340nm compared to Nd:YAG at 1319nm
Linearly polarized output beam
Higher absorption in water and...
Tm doped crystals embrace several attractive features that nominate them as the material of choice for solid-state laser sources with emission wavelength tunable around 2um. It was demonstrated that Tm:YAG laser can be tuned from 1.91 up to 2.15um. Similarly,Tm:YAP laser can tuning range from 1.85 to 2.03 um.The quasi-three level system of Tm:doped crystals requires appropriate pumping geometry and good heat extraction from the active media.On the other hand,Tm doped materials benefit from a ...
Cr4+:YAG is an ideal material for passive Q-switching of Nd:YAG and other Nd and Yb doped lasers in the wavelength range of 0.8 to 1.2um.It is superior stability and reliability, long service life and high damage threshold.
Advantages of Cr4+:YAG
• High chemical stability and reliability
• Being easy to be operated
• High damage threshold (>500MW/cm2)
• As high power, solid state and compact passive Q-Switch
• Long life time and good thermal conductivity
Basic Properties:
• Cr 4+ :YAG sho...
The YAG (yttrium aluminium garnet) laser can be doped with chromium and neodymium in order to enhance the absorption characteristics of the laser. The NdCrYAG laser is a solid state laser. Chromium ion (Cr3+) has a broad absorption band; it absorbs the energy and transfers it to the neodymium ions (Nd3+) by way of dipole-dipole interactions. Wavelength of 1.064 µm is emitted by this laser.
The laser action of Nd-YAG laser was first demonstrated at the Bell Laboratories in the year 1964. The N...