lithium niobate

lithium niobate

Supplier
U-optic
Category
Crystallography
Origin
China

Lithium niobate, as a birefringent crystal, is widely used in the fiber-optic communication field. The crystal has good physical and mechanical properties, a wide transmission range, high transmittance, easy processing, and lower material cost than other materials. Lithium niobate crystals are widely used in passive optical communication devices such as optical isolators, circulators, polarizing beamsplitters and polarizers.

Specification Snapshot
Surface Quality
20/10
Clear Aperture Dimension
>90%
Parallelism
<20 arcsec
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Overview

Lithium niobate, as a birefringent crystal, is widely used in the fiber-optic communication field. The crystal has good physical and mechanical properties, a wide transmission range, high transmittance, easy processing, and lower material cost than other materials. Lithium niobate crystals are widely used in passive optical communication devices such as optical isolators, circulators, polarizing beamsplitters and polarizers.

Specifications

ParameterValue
Overview - Crystal StructureTrigonal crystal system, space group R3c
Overview - Density4.64 g/cm^3
Overview - Absorption Coefficient~ 0.1%/cm @1064nm
Overview - DeliquescenceNon-deliquescent
Overview - Relative Permittivitye^T_11/e_0: 85 e^T_33/e_0: 29.5
Overview - Thermal Expansion Coefficient||a, 2.0 x 10^-6/K ||c, 2.2 x 10^-6/K
Overview - Transmission Range420-5200nm
Overview - Optical Homogeneity~ 5 x 10^-5 /cm
Overview - Sellmeier Equation (λ in μm)n_o^2(λ)=4.9048+0.11768/(λ^2-0.04750)-0.027169λ^2 n_e^2(λ)=4.5820+0.099169/(λ^2-0.04443)-0.021950λ^2
Overview - Nonlinear Coefficientsd_33=34.4pm/V d_31=d_15=5.95pm/V d_22=3.07pm/V
Overview - Electro-optic Coefficientsg^T_33=32pm/V, g^S_33=31pm/V g^T_31=10pm/V, g^S_31=8.6pm/V g^T_22=6.8pm/V, g^S_22=3.4pm/V
Overview - Half-Wave Voltage (DC)Electrical field ||z, light ^z 3.03KV Electrical field ||x or y, light || z 4.02KV
Overview - Effective Nonlinear Coefficientd_eff=5.7pm/V or~14.6xd_36(KDP) for frequency doubling 1300 nm; d_eff=5.3pm/V or~13.6xd_36(KDP) for OPO pumped at 1300nm; d_eff=17.6pm/V or~45xd_36(KDP) for quasi-phase-matched structure;
Overview - Damage Threshold200MW/cm^2
Pointing Accuracy±0.5°
Clear Aperture Dimension>90%
Transmitted Wavefront Distortion<λ/4@633nm
Parallelism<20 arcsec
Specification - Side Perpendicularity<5 arcmin

Applications

in passive optical communication devices such as optical isolators, circulators, polarization beam splitters, polarizers, etc.

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Union Optic Inc., founded in 2004, is a high-tech company located in Optics Valley of China, specializing in research and development, production and sales of precision optical components. Union Optic has established a comprehensive quality management system and perfect rules and regulations since its foundation. By using enterprise ERP management system, Union Optic offers full product lifecycle support across a range of process, production, quality control, sales, logistics and finance into informatization management to keep it on a correct and efficient pace.

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