LiNbO3 exhibits remarkable electro-optic, acousto-optic and nonlinear optical properties. It is widely used in optical information processing, optical communications, laser frequency doubling, OPOs, optical waveguides.
High temperature stability
Wide range of transparency
High electro-optical efficiency
Low absorption loss
Easy to grow into large crystals
Stable mechanical and chemical properties
SPECIFICATIONS | |
Dimension Tolerance | (W ± 0.1 mm) × (H ± 0.1 mm) × (L ± 0.2mm) |
Angle Tolerance | <± 0.5° |
Parallelism | <20" |
Perpendicularity | <5′ |
Clear Aperture | Central 90% of the diameter |
Surface Quality (Scratch/Dig) | 20/10 (MIL-PRF-13830B) |
Flatness | <λ/8@633nm |
Transmitted Wavefront Distortion | <λ/4@633nm |
Anti-Reflection Coating | According to customer requirements |
CHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES | |||
Crystal Structure | Trigonal crystal system, space group R3c, point group 3m | ||
Lattice Parameter | a=5.148 Å , c=13.863 Å | ||
Melting Point | 1253℃ | ||
Mohs Hardness | 5 | ||
Density | 4.64 g/cm3 | ||
Thermal Conductivity | 38W/mK | ||
Thermal Expansion Coefficients | A, 2.0×10-6/K C, 2.2×10-6/K |
OPTICAL AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES | |||
Transparency Range | 420~5200nm | ||
Therm-optic Coefficient ( λ in μm) | dno/dT = -0.874 × 10-6 | ||
dno/dT = -0.874 × 10-6 | |||
dne/dT = 39.073 ×10-6 | |||
Absorption Coefficients | ~ 0.1 % / cm @ 1064 nm | ||
NLO Coefficients | deff =5.7 pm/V or ~14.6 × d36 for frequency doubling 1300 nm | ||
deff =5.3 pm/V or ~13.6 × d36 for OPO pumped @ 1064 nm | |||
deff =17.6 pm/V or ~45 × d36 for quasi-phase-matched structure | |||
Non-vanished NLO Susceptibilities | d33 = 34.4 pm/V | ||
d31 = d15 = 5.95 pm/V | |||
d22 = 3.07 pm/V | |||
Sellmeier Equations (λ in μm) | no2 = 4.9048 + 0.11768 / (λ2 – 0.04750) – 0.027169λ2 | ||
ne2 = 4.5820+0.099169 / (λ2 – 0.04443) – 0.021950λ2 |