LiNbO₃ Crystals
LiNbO3 crystal possess a combination of unique electro-optical, acoustic, piezoelectric, pyroelectric and non-linear optical properties making it well-suited for numerous applications including electro-optical modulators, pyroelectric detectors, optical waveguide and SAW substrates, piezoelectric transducers etc.
Advantages:
- Large Electro-Optic (E-O) coefficients
- Large Acousto-Optic (A-O) coefficients
wdt_ID | Attributes | Values |
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15 | Dimension Tolerance | W(+/-0.1)*H(+/-0.1)*L(+0.5/-0.1)mm |
16 | Surface Quality | 20/10 Scratch and Dig |
27 | Surface Flatness | <λ/8 at 633 nm |
28 | Wavefront Distortion | <λ/4 at 633nm |
29 | Parallelism | <20 arc seconds |
30 | Perpendicularity | <5 arc minuntes |
31 | Clear Aperture | >Central 90% |
32 | AR-Coating | dual waveband AR coating at 1064/532 nm on both surfaces, with R<0.2% at 1064 nm and R<0.5% at 0.532 nm per surface |
wdt_ID | Attributes | Values |
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28 | Crystal Structure: | Trigonal, Space group R3C, Point group 3m |
29 | Cell Parameters: | a=5.148Å , c=13.863Å |
30 | Melting Point: | 1253°C |
31 | Curie Temperature: | 1140°C |
32 | Mohs Hardness: | 5 |
33 | Density: | 4.64 g/cm³ |
34 | Deliquescence | None |
35 | Optical Homogeneity | ~ 5x10⁻⁵/cm |
36 | Transparency Range | 420nm~5200nm |
37 | Absorption Coefficient: | ~0.1%/cm@1064nm |
38 | Refractive indices at 1064nm: | nₑ= 2.146, nₒ= 2.220 @ 1300 nm nₑ= 2.156, nₒ = 2.232 @ 1064 nm nₑ = 2.203, nₒ = 2.286 @ 632.8 nm |
39 | Thermal Expansion Coefficients ( at 250℃) | //a, 2.0x10⁻⁶/K //c, 16.7x10⁻⁶/K |
40 | Thermal Conductivity Coefficient: | 38 W/m/K at 250℃ |
41 | Thermal Optical Coefficient: | dno/dT=-0.874x10⁻⁶/K at 1.4m m dne/dT=39.073x10⁻⁶/K at 1.4m m |
42 | The Sellmeier equations ( l in m m) | no² = 4.9048 + 0.11768/(l 2-0.04750) - 0.027169l 2 ne² = 4.5820 + 0.099169/(l 2l 2) |
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