Custom Materials Development

General Information

Thru numerous government, industry and internally funded research and development contracts, SM has studied and developed several different hosts and dopant ion combinations for basic research and niche applications, such as:

Reduction of thermally-induced depolarization
Radiation hardened Nd:YAG (UV and Gamma ray resistance to photo-darkening)
Emission wavelength tuning thru crystal composition adjustment
Basic research and spectroscopy

Below is list of some of the material host/dopant combinations previously studied. Please call us to discuss your material development needs, or for availability and pricing of currently stocked compositions and concentrations.

Contact us with your specific requirements or for availability and pricing.

Host/Dopant Combinations

YAG (Y₃Al₅O₁₂ )	Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co
LuAG (Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ )	Nd, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb
YLuAG (Y_xLu_3-xAl₅O₁₂)	Tm
YSAG (Y₃S_cyAl_5-yO₁₂)	Nd, Tm
GSAG (Gd₃Sc_yAl_5-yO₁₂)	Nd
GSGG (Gd₃Sc_yGa_5-yO₁₂)	Nd, Cr, Er
HoAG (Ho₃Al₅O₁₂)	Er
ErAG (Er₃Al₅O₁₂)	Ho
YbAG (Yb₃Al₅O₁₂)
TmAG (Tm₃Al₅O₁₂)
GGG (Gd₃Ga₅O₁₂)	Nd, Cr
YGG (Y₃Ga₅O₁₂)	Nd, Tm
YGAG (Y₃Ga_yAl_5-yO₁₂)	d, Tm
YSGG (Y₃Sc_yGal_5-yO₁₂)	Er, Cr, Nd, Sc, Gd
LuGG (Lu₃Ga₅O₁₂)	Nd
YAP (YAlO₃)	Pr, Nd, Eu, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Cr, Mn, Co, V, Ti
YbAlO₃
YSO (Y₂SiO₅)	Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, Tb, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Cr

References

1) Thermo-optic properties of YAG and other laser host materials are studied in: R. L. Aggarwal, et. al., JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 98, 103514 (2005)