Buying Vanadate Lasers
Vanadate lasers use vanadate crystal materials as laser gain media, with Nd:YVO4 being the most popular. These lasers emit at wavelengths similar to Nd:YAG but offer advantages such as low-threshold operation and the ability to produce shorter pulse durations in Q-switched and mode-locked configurations.
Making Good Purchase Decisions
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Learning Resources
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- Encyclopedia article: vanadate lasers
- Related articles: laser crystals, neodymium-doped laser gain media, rare-earth-doped laser gain media
- Spotlight article: "Q-switched Lasers: YAG Versus Vanadate"
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Find Suppliers for Vanadate Lasers
10 suppliers for vanadate lasers are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.
| Suppliers with Advertising Package presenting their product descriptions | |
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 Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany. ALPHALAS GmbHBertha-von-Suttner-Str. 5 37085 Göttingen Germany |  The unique properties of Nd3+-doped vanadate laser crystals (GdVO4 and YVO4) provide very high gain, highly polarized laser emission and thermally birefringence-free laser media. ALPHALAS intensively uses these laser crystals for the production of PICOPOWER, PULSELAS and MONOPOWER diode-pumped lasers as standard or customer-specific components. |
| Other Suppliers | |
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| Canlas Laser Processing GmbH Germany | |
| CASIX Inc. China | |
| Coherent Corp. United States | |
| Northrop Grumman - Cutting Edge Optronics United States | |
| Optoprim Germany GmbH Germany | |
| Solar Laser Systems Belarus | |
| Spectra-Physics Lasers United States | |
| UpTek Solutions Corp. United States | |
| von Gegerfelt Photonics Germany | |
