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Lithium Triborate – LBO Crystals

Lithium Triborate – LBO Crystals

LBO is a nonlinear optical crystal with combination of a number of unique features: wide transparency region, Broad Type 1 and Type 2 non-critical phase-matching (NCPM) range, small walk-off angle, high damage threshold.

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Application: SHG@1064 nm, Type 1
Code W H L θ φ Coating Price Delivery Add to cart
LBO-401 3 3 10 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 270 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-402 3 3 15 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 358 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-301 4 4 10 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 561 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-302 4 4 15 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 693 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-303 4 4 20 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 820 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-501 5 5 10 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 721 $ Request
LBO-503 5 5 15 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 842 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-502 5 5 20 90 11.6 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 1034 $ 4 - 5 days
Application: NCPM SHG@1064 nm, T = 149 °C
Code W H L θ φ Coating Price Delivery Add to cart
LBO-404 3 3 15 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 358 $ Request
LBO-405 3 3 20 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 446 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-409 3 3 30 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 781 $ Request
LBO-410 3 3 50 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 1430 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-304 4 4 10 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 561 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-305 4 4 15 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 693 $ Request
LBO-306 4 4 20 90 0 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532 nm 820 $ Request
Application: THG@1064 nm, Type 2
Code W H L θ φ Coating Price Delivery Add to cart
LBO-406 3 3 10 42.2 90 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532/355 nm 270 $ 4 - 5 days
LBO-407 3 3 15 42.2 90 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532/355 nm 358 $ Request
LBO-307 4 4 10 42.2 90 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532/355 nm 561 $ Request
LBO-308 4 4 15 42.2 90 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532/355 nm 693 $ Request
LBO-507 5 5 10 42.2 90 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532/355 nm 721 $ Request
LBO-508 5 5 15 42.2 90 AR/AR @ 1064 + 532/355 nm 842 $ Request
Type 1 Phase Matching LBO Crystals
Different SHG, THG, and OPO applications
Type 2 Phase Matching LBO Crystals
Different SHG, THG, and OPO applications

Flatness λ/8 @ 633 nm
Parallelism < 20 arcsec
Perpendicularity < 5 arcmin
Angle tolerance < 30 arcmin
Aperture tolerance ± 0.1 mm
Surface quality 10/5 scratch & dig per MIL-O-13830A
Clear aperture 90% of full aperture

Contact us for more information or nonstandard specifications.

 

Physical and Optical Properties

Chemical formula LiB3O5
Crystal structure orthorhombic, mm2
Optical symmetry Negative biaxial
Space group Pna21
Density 2.47 g/cm3
Mohs hardness 6
Optical homogeneity ∂n = 10-6 cm-1
Transparency region at “0” transmittance level 155 – 3200 nm
Linear absorption coefficient at 1064 nm < 0.01 % cm-1
Refractive indices:
                   at 1064 nm
                   at 532 nm
                   at 355 nm
 nx           ny             nz
1.5656    1.5905    1.6055
1.5785    1.6065    1.6212
1.5971    1.6275    1.6430
Sellmeier equations (λ, μm) nx2 = 2.4542 + 0.01125 / (λ2 – 0.01135) – 0.01388 λ2
 

ny2 = 2.5390 + 0.01277 / (λ2 – 0.01189) – 0.01849 λ2
+ 4.3025 × 10-5λ4 - 2.9131 × 10-5λ6

 

nz2 = 2.5865 + 0.01310 / (λ2 – 0.01223) – 0.01862 λ2
+ 4.5778 × 10-5λ4 - 3.2526 × 10-5λ6

Phase matching range Type 1 SHG 554 – 2600 nm
Phase matching range Type 2 SHG 790 – 2150 nm
NCPM SHG temperature dependence:
            Type 1 range 950 – 1300 nm
            Type 1 range 1300 – 1800 nm  
            Type 2 range 1100 – 1500 nm

T1 = - 1893.3λ4 + 8886.6λ3 – 13019.8λ2 + 5401.5λ + 863.9
T2 = 878.1λ4 – 6954.5λ3 + 20734.2λ2 – 26378λ + 12020
T3 = - 21630.6λ4 + 112251λ3 – 220460λ2 + 194153λ – 64614.5

NCPM SHG at 1064 nm Type 1 temperature 149 °C
NCPM SHG at 1319 nm Type 2 temperature 43 °C
Walk-off angle 7 mrad (Type 1 SHG 1064 nm)
Thermal acceptance 6.4 K×cm (Type 1 SHG 1064 nm)
Angular acceptance 6.5 mrad×cm (Type 1 SHG 1064 nm)
248 mrad×cm (Type 1 NCPM SHG 1064 nm)
Nonlinearity coefficients at 1064nm: d31 = (1.05±0.09) pm/V
d32 = -(0.98±0.09) pm/V
d33 = (0.05±0.006) pm/V
Effective nonlinearity:
          XY plane
          YZ plane

dooe = d32 cosφ
doeo = deoo = d31 cosθ
Expansion coefficients:

αx = 10.8 × 10-5K-1
αy = -8.8 × 10-5K-1
αz = 3.4 × 10-5K-1


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Lithium Triborate (LBO) is a nonlinear optical crystal with a combination of unique features:

  • Wide transparency region
  • Broad Type 1 and Type 2 non-critical phase-matching (NCPM) range
  • Small walk-off angle
  • High damage threshold
  • Wide acceptance angle
  • High optical homogeneity

LBO crystal is perfectly suitable for various nonlinear optical applications, like frequency doubling and tripling of high peak power pulsed Nd doped, Ti:Sapphire and Dye lasers, optical parametric oscillators (OPO) of both Type 1 and Type 2 phase-matching, non-critical phase-matching for conversion of CW and quasi-CW radiation.  

 

We offer:

  • LBO crystal of length up to 90 mm and aperture up to 60×60 mm
  • AR, BBAR, P-coatings
  • Different mounting and repolishing services