title: Thermal characterization of lowly Nd3+ doped disordered Nd:CNGG crystal.
abstract: Thermal properties of a lowly Nd(3+)-doped disordered Nd:CNGG crystal have been symmetrically investigated. At room temperature, the specific heat, thermal diffusion coefficient and density were determined to be 0.595 J/g.K, 1.223 mm(2)/s and 4.718 g/cm(3), corresponding the thermal conductivity of 3.43 W/m.K. By measuring the thermal lens at different pump power, the thermal-optical coefficient was calculated to be 9.2x10(-6) K(-1) for the first time to our knowledge. All the thermal properties recovered that this material can be used in the moderate and even high pump power.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, PR China.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D007909:Lenses; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity