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LiNbO3

LiNbO3

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.

PRODUCT FEATURE

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


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