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Silver Gallium Selenide Crystal

(AgGaSe2)

Space Symmetry group 142d
Lattice parameters a= 5.9920Å
c = 10.8863Å
Melting point 851 °C
Heat capacity 104 Joule/mole/ºC
Density 5.70g/cm3
Energy gap 1.83eV
Transparency range 0.78 - 18
Refraction indices at lambda
Microns

no

ne

1.064 2.7010 2.6792
3.0 2.6245 2.5925
5.3 2.6134 2.5808
10.6 2.5912 2.5579
Absorption coefficient @ 1.064µm, cm-1: 0.001 - 0.05
@ 10.6µm, cm-1: <0.02
Optical damage threshold (surface) 10.6 micron, 80 ns pulses
Power density 20 - 30 MW/cm2
Non-linear coefficients, 10-12 m/V d36 = 58
(for Type I SHG of 10.6 microns)
Phase matching range, microns Type I SHG: 3.1 - 12.8
Type II SHG: 4.7 - 8.1
Birefringence Walkoff at 5.3 microns 0.67º
Flatness l/4, at 633nm
Scratch/Dig 20/10
Parallelism 33 arc sec.
Perpendicularity 30 arc sec

AgGaSe2 single crystals with sizes up to 20 x 20 x 60 mm 3 are available.