Description
Gadolinium Gallium Garnet (GGG, Gd3Ga5O12) is a magneto-optical and microwave substrate. It is the best substrate material for infrared optical isolator (1.3 and 1.5um), which is a very important device in optical communication.
Gallium Gadolinium Garnet (Gd3Ga5O12 or GGG) single crystal is material with good optical, mechanical and thermal properties which make it promising for use in fabrication of various optical components as well as substrate material for magneto-optical films and high–temperature superconductors.It is the best substrate material for infrared optical isolator (1.3 and 1.5um), which is a very important device in optical communication. It is made of YIG or BIG film on the GGG substrate plus birefringence parts. Also GGG is an important substrate for microwave isolator and other devices. Its physical, mechanical and chemical properties are all good for the above applications.
Feature
Application
Main Specification
Materials | GGG |
Orientation | [001] or [100] or [111] < ±0.5° |
Parallel | 10〞 |
Perpendicular | 5ˊ |
surface Quality | 44109 |
Wavefront Distortion | λ/4 @632nm |
Surface Flatness | λ/8 @632nm |
Clear Aperture | >95% |
Chamfer | <0.1×45° |
Thickness/Diameter Tolerance | ±0.05 mm |
Maximum dimensions | dia 50×100mm |
Coatings | AR/AR@940+1030;HR@1030+HT@940+AR1030; |
Physical and chemical characteristics
Chemical formula | Gd3Ga5O12 |
Crystal structure | cubic |
Lattice parameters, Å | a = 12.383 Å |
Molecular Weight | 1012.5 |
Density, g/cm3 | 7.08 g/cm3 |
Transmission Range | 0.40 ~ 7.0 µm |
Refractive index | 1.97 @480nm, |
Melting Point | 1730°C |
Thermal conductivity at 25°C, W x cm-1 x °K-1 | 7.05 |
Thermal expansion coefficient | 8.2×10-6 /K |
Dielectric Constant | 30 |
Dielectric loss tangent, at 10 GHz | 0.15 |
Standard product
Orientation | End configuration, nm | Thickness, nm | Refractive index |
[0 0 1] | 10×10 | 0.5 | 1.97 @ 480nm 1.96 @ 633nm 1.95 @ 1064nm |
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[0 0 1] | dia 18 | 3.3 | |
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[0 0 1] | dia 20 | 1 | |
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[0 0 1] | dia 25.4 | 0.5 | |
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[0 0 1] | 1 | ||
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