At present, the laser matrix material made use of in all-solid-state lasers is laser crystals, which can transform the energy provided by the exterior with an optical resonator into a very parallel and also single laser that is systematic in space and also time. After years of advancement, the number of laser matrix crystals has increased from the first few to dozens, of which the 3 most commonly used are neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG), neodymium-doped yttrium aluminate (Nd: YVO4) and titanium-doped sapphire (Ti: Al2O3), they are also jointly described as "three basic laser crystals".
(1) Nd: YAG crystal
General laser crystals are YAG products, called yttrium aluminum garnet.
As a commercial use, more are high yttrium aluminum garnet, that is to state, blended with various elements to attain different effects.
Usual ones consist of Nd: YAG, Er: YAG, Yb: YAG, Cr, Tm, Ho: YAG, and more.
Nd: YAG crystal is a solid laser product with the very best comprehensive efficiency, with high gain, low limit, high performance, low loss, thermal conductivity as well as excellent thermal impact resistance qualities, appropriate for a variety of laser working settings (continual, pulse, Q switch, setting locking, frequency increasing, etc), extensively utilized in industrial, clinical, the army as well as clinical research areas.