Nd:GdVO4

The Czochralski method Nd:GdVO4 is a promising material for diode pumped lasers. Like neodymium doped yttrium vanadate, the gadolinium vanadate exhibits a larger absorption and emission cross section compared to Nd:YAG. In fact, Nd:GdVO4 has a 7-times higher absorption cross section at 808nm and a 3-times larger emission cross section at 1.06µm than does Nd:YAG. Nd:GdVO4 has the additional advantage over Nd:YVO4 of a much higher thermal conductivity.

Basic Properties:
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The Index of Refraction (wavelength in nm):

Wavelength	500	630	850	1064	1300	1400	1550
n_o	2.0488	2.01685	1.99490	1.98535	1.97889	1.97683	1.97410
n_e	2.31219	2.25431	2.21482	2.19813	2.18742	2.18419	2.18009

Specifications:

Nd: Dopant Level	1.0 atm% , 0.5%
Wavefront Distortion	< l/8 at 633 nm
Orientation	+/-0.5deg.
Dimensional Tolerance	+0.1/-0.1
Surface quality	10/5 Scratch/Dig per MIL-O-13830B
Flatness	l/10 at 633 nm
Clear Aperture	> Central 90%
Parallelism	< 10 arc sec.