AGGSe(AgGaGe5Se12) Crystal Description
AGGSe(AgGaGe5Se12) Crystal is a type of crystal that belongs to the family of chalcogenide glasses. AGGSe crystals possess excellent optical properties, including a wide infrared transparency range and a high refractive index. These properties make them useful in various optical applications, such as infrared optics, optical waveguides, and electro-optical devices.
Due to their chalcogenide glass nature, AGGSe crystals also exhibit unique properties like low phonon energies, high nonlinearities, and high photosensitivity. These characteristics make them attractive materials for applications in optical communication, photovoltaics, and optical data storage.
AGGSe(AgGaGe5Se12) Crystal Specifications
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Dimension tolerance
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(W +/-0.1 mm) x (H +/-0.1 mm) x (L +0.2 mm/-0.1 mm)
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Clear aperture
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> 90% central area
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Flatness
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λ/6 @ 633 nm for T>=1.0mm
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Surface Quality
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Scratch/dig 60-40 after coating
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Parallelism
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better than 30 arc seconds
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Perpendicularity
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10 arc minutes
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Orentation accuracy
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<30’’
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AGGSe(AgGaGe5Se12) Crystal Application
1. Nonlinear optics: AGGSe crystal can be utilized for frequency conversion, harmonic generation, optical parametric amplification, and optical parametric oscillation in various laser systems.
2. Mid-infrared (MIR) generation: AGGSe crystal has a wide transmission range in the mid-infrared region (2-15 μm). This makes it suitable for MIR generation, spectroscopy, and imaging applications in areas such as environmental monitoring, gas sensing, chemical analysis, and medicine.
3. Optical waveguides: AGGSe crystal can be utilized as a substrate or material for the fabrication of optical waveguides, which are essential components in integrated photonic circuits. The waveguides can be used for guiding and manipulating light signals in telecommunications, data storage, and optical signal processing applications.
4. Electro-optics: AGGSe crystal is suitable for use in devices such as electro-optic modulators, optical switches, and tunable filters used in telecommunications and optical communications.
5. Lasers: AGGSe crystal can be employed as a gain medium in solid-state lasers. Due to its broad transparency range and high thermal conductivity, it is well-suited for generating lasers in the mid-infrared wavelength region. AGGSe-based lasers find applications in laser surgery, remote sensing, military, and defense systems.
6. X-ray and gamma-ray detection: AGGSe crystal has the potential for use as a scintillator material in X-ray and gamma-ray detectors.
AGGSe(AgGaGe5Se12) Crystal Packaging
Our AGGSe(AgGaGe5Se12) Crystal is carefully handled during storage and transportation to preserve the quality of our product in its original condition.
