Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (YAG)
Hard, thermally stable crystal transmissive from the UV into the MWIR. The host material of solid-state laser rods, and a hard-wearing substrate for high-power laser windows and lenses.
Flat optics material
Typical properties
- Transmission range
- 0.21 – 5.2 µm
- Refractive index
- 1.815 @ 1.06 µm
- Knoop hardness
- 1350 kg/mm²
- Density
- 4.55 g/cm³
- Thermal expansion (CTE)
- 6.9 × 10⁻⁶ /K
- Thermal conductivity
- 11.2 W/m·K
Published values for this material class, given to help you shortlist a substrate. They are not lot-specific guarantees. Request the SPEKTON datasheet for certified figures against your specification.
Download Technical Datasheet (PDF)Datasheet referenced from Crystran.
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