Thermal characterization of lowly Nd3+ doped disordered Nd:CNGG crystal

Opt Express. 2009 May 25;17(11):9270-5. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.009270.

Abstract

Thermal properties of a lowly Nd(3+)-doped disordered Nd:CNGG crystal have been symmetrically investigated. At room temperature, the specific heat, thermal diffusion coefficient and density were determined to be 0.595 J/g.K, 1.223 mm(2)/s and 4.718 g/cm(3), corresponding the thermal conductivity of 3.43 W/m.K. By measuring the thermal lens at different pump power, the thermal-optical coefficient was calculated to be 9.2x10(-6) K(-1) for the first time to our knowledge. All the thermal properties recovered that this material can be used in the moderate and even high pump power.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Crystallization / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Lasers, Solid-State*
  • Lenses*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity