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Windows are used to protect more expensive optical parts from harsh environments or debris. The other task of the window is to transmit radiation with minimum losses. For this reason, protective windows are made of carefully chosen material and are AR/AR coated for the specific spectral range used in the application. Windows available from stock.
Polarizers are mainly used to clean polarization or in combination with a waveplate to act as a power attenuator. The typical extinction ratio of polarizers (cubes) designed for narrow wavelength range is >500:1, and >1000:1 ratio could be reached for thin film polarizers (TFP). Polarizers available from stock.
Prisms are mainly used to reflect the beam in some specific direction and to have the required orientation of the image. The most common type of prism is the right angle. When the beam enters from the hypotenuse side it’s reflected back by total internal reflection with a minimum beam deviation. Hypotenuse face is typically coated with AR to have minimum reflection losses. Prisms available from stock.
Spherical lenses, available in various designs such as convex, concave, or meniscus, are integral components in optical systems. They are manufactured from high-quality materials like fused silica, borosilicate, or other types of glass or crystals, ensuring optimal performance and durability. Lenses could be coated with low absorption antireflective (AR) coatings.
Yb:KGW crystal (Yb-doped potassium gadolinium tungastate) is a widely used laser active material to generate ultra-short pulses in range of few hundred femtoseconds. Large absorption cross section at around 981 nm makes the crystal well suited for diode pumping. Efficient absorption and low quantum defect let’s to build compact lasers for high power applications.
The Yb:CaF2 crystal, also known as Ytterbium-doped calcium fluoride, is a unique laser-active material that is grown using the Czochralski technique. This material is particularly useful in generating high-power, ultra-short pulses. Among the family of ytterbium-doped laser crystals, Yb:CaF2 stands out due to its exceptionally long fluorescence lifetime of approximately 2.2 milliseconds.
Yb:CALGO crystal is a novel laser active material used to generate high energy ultrashort pulses with less than one hundred femtoseconds (< 100 fs). From ytterbium doped laser crystals family Yb:CALGO crystal is used to generate the shortest pulses.
Yb:KYW crystal (Yb-doped potassium yttrium tungstate) compared to its counterpart Yb:KGW, is a remarkable material that plays an important role in laser technology. Its primary function is to generate ultrashort pulses of light, spanning just a few hundred femtoseconds. By substituting yttrium with ytterbium in the crystal lattice of Yb:KYW due to the similar sizes of these chemical elements up to 100% of Yb-doping could be achieved.
Yb:YAG crystal, also known as Ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet is used in production of short and ultrashort pulse lasers. Wide absorption bandwidth centered at 940 nm makes it well suited to be pumped with laser diodes. High thermal conductivity of Yb:YAG crystal makes it a perfect gain material for high power lasers.
