Lase Materials Nd:YAG Yttrium Aluminum Garnet

The first operation of yttrium aluminum garnet doped with tri-valent Neodymium as a laser gain media was demonstrated at Bell Labs in 1964 [1]. Today, Nd:YAG has achieved a position of dominance among solid-state laser materials, being the most widely used lasing medium world-wide, with applications spanning medical, industrial, military and scientific markets. Nd:YAG lasers typically emit infrared light at 1064nm - however other transitions near 940, 1120, 1320, and 1440 nm are also used [2]. At SM, we specialize in the growth and fabrication of high-purity low-loss rare-earth doped YAG laser materials. SM's research has led to numerous discoveries resulting in laser materials that have demonstrated increased efficiency, increased output power, increased damage resistance, reduced thermal lensing, higher brightness, and higher TEM00 output. We offer custom manufacturing of laser rods, slabs, discs, passive q-switches & YAG optics, for your high volume production quantities, or low volume development efforts.