Ti:Sapphire Crystal by OptoCity

Titanium-sapphire emits red and near-infrared light in the range from 650 to 1100 nanometers. Ti:Sapphire is especially suitable for ultrashort pulsed laser since an ultrashort pulse inherently contains a wide spectrum of frequency components. Ti:Sapphire is also used in CW laser tunable over wide range. Ti:Sapphire(Al2O3:Ti3+) - titanium-doped sapphire crystals combine supreme physical and optical properties with broadest lasing range, Ti:Sapphire's indefinitely long stability and useful lifetime added to the lasing over entire band of 660-1050 nm challenge "dirty" dyes in variety of applications. Medical laser systems, lidars, laser spectroscopy, direct femtosecond pulse generation by Kerr-type mode-locking - there are few of existing and potential applications.

The absorption band of Ti:Sapphire centered at 490 nm makes it suitable for variety of laser pump sources - argon ion, frequency doubled Nd:YAG and YLF, copper vapour lasers. Ti:Sapphire crystal has 3.2us fluorescence lifetime, so Ti:Sapphire can be effectively pumped by short pulse flashlamps in powerful laser systems.