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At SM, we specialize in the growth and fabrication of high-temperature single-crystal oxide laser materials such as the ubiquitous YAG (Y3Al5O12), and LuAG, YAP (YAlO3), GGG, YSGG, YSO (Y2SiO5), among others. Serving Military, Medical, Industrial and Scientific markets for over 20 yrs, SM provides high-precision fabrication and polishing of laser rods, slabs, discs, passive q-switches & YAG optics.
Thru externally funded and internally driven research programs, SM has developed processes and techniques resulting in the highest quality solid-state laser materials available world-wide. Our U.P. grade YAG and LuAG laser rods, slabs and discs have establish a new standard of quality for the demands of high performance laser systems.
Looking for a hard to find laser material or interested in contracting SM for material development work? See our Custom Material Development page.
| Diameter Tolerance | ±0.025 mm |
| Length Tolerance | ±0.5 mm |
| End Face Bevel | ≤0.127 mm @ 45 deg |
| Perpendicularity | < 5 arc min |
| Parallelism | ≤10 arc sec |
| End Face Flatness | ≤ λ/10 @ 633nm |
| End Surface Finish | SD 10-5 |
| Ground Barrel | 220 grit |
| Polished Barrel | 80-50 scratch-dig |
| Polarization Extinction Ratio | 25 db Minimum |
| Transmitted Wavefront Distortion | λ/10 per in of rod length |
Laser Materials