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 |
Physical and Optical Properties ny2 = 2.5390 + 0.01277 / (λ2 – 0.01189) – 0.01849 λ2 nz2 = 2.5865 + 0.01310 / (λ2 – 0.01223) – 0.01862 λ2 T1 = - 1893.3λ4 + 8886.6λ3 – 13019.8λ2 + 5401.5λ + 863.9 αx = 10.8 × 10-5K-1
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
+ 4.3025 × 10-5λ4 - 2.9131 × 10-5λ6
+ 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
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:
αy = -8.8 × 10-5K-1
αz = 3.4 × 10-5K-1
EKSMA Optics LBO Crystals
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Lithium Triborate (LBO) is a nonlinear optical crystal with a combination of unique features:
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.
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