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Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet; Nd:Y 3 Al 5 O 12) is a crystal that is used as a lasing medium for solid-state lasers. The dopant , neodymium in the +3 oxidation state, Nd(III), typically replaces a small fraction (1%) of the yttrium ions in the host crystal structure of the yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG), since the two ions are ...
Neodymium-doped yttrium calcium oxoborate Nd:Y Ca 4 O(BO 3) 3 or simply Nd:YCOB ~1.060 μm (~530 nm at second harmonic) laser diode Nd:YCOB is a so-called "self-frequency doubling" or SFD laser material which is both capable of lasing and which has nonlinear characteristics suitable for second harmonic generation. Such materials have the ...
Because of the narrow 885-nm absorption feature in Nd:YAG, certain systems may benefit from the use of wavelength-locked diode pump sources, which serve to narrow and stabilize the pump emission spectrum to keep it closely aligned to this absorption feature.
A blue laser emits electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between 400 and 500 nanometers, which the human eye sees in the visible spectrum as blue or violet. [1] Blue lasers can be produced by: direct, inorganic diode semiconductor lasers based on quantum wells of gallium(III) nitride at 380-417nm [2] [3] or indium gallium nitride at 450 nm
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a type of atomic emission spectroscopy which uses a highly energetic laser pulse as the excitation source. [1] [2] The laser is focused to form a plasma, which atomizes and excites samples. The formation of the plasma only begins when the focused laser achieves a certain threshold for optical ...
146 Nd has been suggested for the production of 147 Pm, which is a source of radioactive power. Several neodymium isotopes have been used for the production of other promethium isotopes. The decay from 147 Sm (t 1/2 = 1.06 × 10 11 y) to the stable 143 Nd allows for samarium–neodymium dating. [28] 150 Nd has also been used to study double ...
In the same year Nakazawa and Tokuda reported using the two transitions in Nd:YAG at 1.32 and 1.34 μm to pump a multimode fibre simultaneously at these wavelengths. They attributed the continuum spectrum to a combination of forced four-wave mixing and a superposition of sequential stimulated Raman scattering. The main advantage of this was ...
Finally, the components were returned to Livermore for coating and testing, with results indicating exceptional optical quality and properties. [27] One Japanese/East Indian consortium has focused specifically on the spectroscopic and stimulated emission characteristics of Nd 3+ in transparent YAG nanomaterials for laser applications. Their ...