Ti:Al2O3

Titanium-doped sapphire (Ti3+:Al2O3) crystal is the most widely used tunable laser solid material, with excellent laser characteristics –the wide emission bandwidth (spanning 0.65 ~ 1.2μm) , excellent thermal, optical, physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Ti:Sapphire lasers and based on them laser systems are unsurpassed in its extraordinary breadth of performance and resulting diversity of applications, such as proton therapy, accelerator physics, nuclear physics, infrared spectroscopy, and materials characterization.  CCT produces high quality titanium doped sapphire laser crystals by using superior material quality and then applying precision optical manufacturing techniques. The size can be ϕ160mm according to customer requirements.CasCrysTech (CCT) provides high quality Titanium-doped sapphire (Ti3+:Al2O3) crystals upon request from customers.

Uses/Applications

Protontherapy
Accelerator Physics
Nuclear Physics
Infrared Spectroscopy
“Cold” Micromachining

Features/Benefits

High FOM
Large Size and Highly Doped
High Damage Threshold
Customized Brewster's Angle & Plano

  • Titanium-doped sapphire (Ti3+:Al2O3) crystal is the most widely used tunable laser solid material, with excellent laser characteristics –the wide emission bandwidth (spanning 0.65 ~ 1.2μm) excellent thermal, optical, physical, chemical and mechanical properties. Ti:Sapphire lasers and based on them laser systems are unsurpassed in its extraordinary breadth of performance and resulting diversity of applications, such as proton therapy, accelerator physics, nuclear physics, infrared spectroscopy, and materials characterization.  CCT produces high quality titanium doped sapphire laser crystals by using superior material quality and then applying precision optical manufacturing techniques. The size can be ϕ160mm according to customer requirements.


    Crystal Structure

    Hexagonal

    Lattice Constant

    a = 4.758 Å, c = 12.991 Å

    Thermal Conductivity

    >20 (W/mK)

    Mohs Hardness

    9 (mohs)

    Density

    3.98 (g/cm3)

    Concentration

    0.05-0.5 wt%

    Absorption Band / Peak

    400-600 nm / 490nm

    Absorption Coefficient

    0.5-5 cm-1 at 490nm

    FOM Value

    100~300

    Tuned Range / 

    Emission Peak

    660-1050nm /

    760nm

    Refractive Index

    1.76 @ 800 nm

    Decay Lifetime

    3.2μs (T = 300 K)

    Diameter

    3~220mm

    Thickness

    1~80mm

    Cutting

    Flat, Brewster ends or custom specified

    Orientation

    c axis [0001] or custom specified

    Flatness

    0.1-0.2 λ @633nm

    Parallelism

    15 arcsec

    S/D

    20/10 scratch/dig


  • 3~220mm