LBO (Nonlinear Crystal)

LBO (Nonlinear Crystal)
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LiB3O5 (Lithium Triborate) nonlinear crystal is one of the most excellent nonlinear optical crystals found so far that can be used for non-critical phase matching laser frequency doubling.

It has good nonlinear optical and stable physical and chemical properties, which is especially important because its dispersion amount is sensitive to temperature changes.

Due to its large damage threshold, it can achieve non-critical phase matching during the frequency doubling process, which means it can achieve high-power fundamental pumping. Also, longer optical crystals can be used, which are undoubtedly useful for obtaining high-power frequency doubling lasers.

At 1.064 μm light, the effective SHG coefficient of the LBO nonlinear crystal is three times higher than that of  the KDP.

The optical damage threshold of the LBO is the highest among the commonly used inorganic nonlinear optical crystals. Therefore, it is among the best choices for high-power second harmonic generators and other nonlinear optical applications.

Features of LBO Nonlinear Crystal:

  • High optical uniformity
  • Wide transparent area
  • Wide tunable wavelength range
  • low sensitivity to moisture
  • Wide receiving angle, small discrete angle
  • Spectral Noncritical Phase Matching (NCPM) close to 1300 nm
  • Class I, II Non-Critical Phase Matching (NCPM) Wideband Range
  • High damage threshold (1053 nm laser with a pulse width of 1.3ns can reach 10GW/cm2)
  • High frequency doubling conversion efficiency (equivalent to 3 times that of KDP crystal)

Physical and Chemical Properties

AttributeNumerical
Chemical FormulaLiB3O5
Crystal StructureRhombic, Space GroupPna21，Point Group mm2
Lattice Constanta=8.4473Å ,b=7.3788Å, c=5.1395Å, Z=2
Mass Density2.47 g/cm3
Mohs Hardness6
Melting PointAbout 834°C
Thermal Conductivity3.5W/m/K
BirefringenceNegative Biaxial Crystal：λ=0.5321μm,2Vz =109.2˚

Nonlinear Optical Properties

AttributeNumerical
SHG Phase Matching Range551 ~ 2600nm (Type I);790-2150nm (Type II)
NLO Coefficientdeff（I）=d32cosΦ（Type I in the XY Plane）
deff（I）=d31cos2θ+d32sin2θ（Type I in the XZ Plane）
deff（II）=d31cosθ（Type II in the YZ Plane）
deff（II）=d31cos2θ+d32sin2θ（Type II in the XZ Plane）
NLO Sensitivity Does not Disappeard31=1.05 ± 0.09 pm/V
d32=-0.98 ± 0.09 pm/V
d33= 0.05 ± 0.006 pm/V
Thermal-optical Coefficient（°C<，<λinμm）dnx/dT=-9.3X10-6
dny/dT=-13.6X10-6
dnz/dT=(-6.3-2.1λ)X10-6
Angle to Accept6.54mrad-cm（Φ，I型，1064 SHG）15.27mrad-cm（q，II型，1064 SHG）

Linear Optical Properties

AttributeNumerical
Transparent Range169 – 2600 nm
Absorption Coefficient <0.1%/cm @1064nm;<0.3%/cm @532nm
Refractive Index, #colspan#
At 1.0642 mmnx= 1.5656,
ny= 1.5905,
nz= 1.6055
At 0.5321 mmnx = 1.5785,
ny = 1.6065,
nz = 1.6212
At 0.2660 mmnx = 1.5973,
ny = 1.6286,
nz = 1.6444
Sellmeier Equation（λ in μm）nx2=2.454140+0.011249/(λ2-0.011350)-0.014591λ2-6.60×10-5λ4
ny2=2.539070+0.012711/(λ2-0.012523)-0.018540λ2+2.0×10-4λ4
nz2=2.586179+0.013099/(λ2>-0.011893)-0.017968λ2-2.26×10-4λ4

Phase Matching Angle Experimental Value (T=293K)

Interaction Wavelength[μm]Φexp [deg]θexp [deg]
XY Plane θ= 90°  
          SHG, o+o ⇒ e
1.908⇒0.95423.8 
1.5⇒0.757 
1.0796⇒0.539810.6/10.7 
1.0642⇒0.532111.3/11.4/11.6/11.8 
0.946⇒0.47319.4/19.5 
0.930⇒0.46521.3 
0.896⇒0.44823.25 
0.88⇒0.4424.53 
0.850⇒0.42527 
0.84⇒0.4227.92 
0.836⇒0.41828.3 
0.80⇒0.4031.7 
0.794⇒0.39732.3 
0.786⇒0.39333 
0.78⇒0.3933.7 
0.7735⇒0.3867534.4 
0.75⇒0.37537.13/37 
0.746⇒0.37337.5 
0.7094⇒0.354741.8/41.9/42/43.5 
0.63⇒0.31555.6 
0.555⇒0.277586 
0.554⇒0.27790 
          SFG, o+o ⇒ e
1.3414+0.6707⇒0.4471320 
1.0642+0.5321⇒0.3547337/37.1/37.2 
1.053+0.5265⇒0.35138.2 
1.0642+0.35473⇒0.2660560.7/61 
0.86+0.43⇒0.286761 
1.3188+0.26605⇒0.2213970.2 
0.21284+2.35524⇒0.195250.3 
0.21284+1.90007⇒0.191463.8 
0.21284+1.58910⇒0.1877488 
YZ Plane, Φ=90◦  
          SHG, o+e ⇒ o
1.908⇒0.954 46.2
1.5⇒0.75 14.7
1.0796⇒0.5398 19.2
1.0642⇒0.5321 19.9/20.5/20.6/21.0
          SFG, o+e⇒ o
1.0641+0.53205⇒0.3547 42/42.7
1.0642+0.5321⇒0.35473 42.2/42.5/43.2
XZ Plane, Φ=0◦, θ＜VZ  
          SHG, e+o ⇒ e
1.3414⇒0.6707 3.6/4.2/5.0
1.3188⇒0.6594 5.2
1.3⇒0.65 5.4
XZ Plane, Φ=0◦, θ＞VZ  
          SHG, e+e ⇒ o
1.3414⇒0.6707 86.1/86.3/86.6
1.3188⇒0.6594 86
1.3⇒0.65 86.1
1.24⇒0.62 86

Experimental Values ​​of Non-critical Phase Matching (NCPM) Temperature

Interaction Wavelength[μm]T[℃]
Along the X-Axis       SHG, typeⅠ 
1.547⇒0.7735117
1.46⇒0.7350
1.252⇒0.6263.5
1.25⇒0.625-2.9
1.215⇒0.607521
1.211⇒0.605520
1.206⇒0.60324
1.2⇒0.624.3
1.15⇒0.57561.1
1.135⇒0.567577.4
1.11⇒0.555108.2
1.0796⇒0.5398112
1.0642⇒0.5321148/148.5/149/149.5/151
1.047⇒0.523166.5/167/172/175/176.5/180
1.025⇒0.5125190.3
          SFG, typeⅠ 
1.908+1.0642⇒0.683281
1.444+1.08⇒0.617923
1.135+1.0642⇒0.5491112
1.547+0.7735⇒0.5157141
          DFG, typeⅠ 
0.532-0.8⇒1.588135
Along the Z Axis         SHG, type II 
1.342⇒0.67135
1.3⇒0.6546

Spectrum

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LBO nonlinear crystal transmission NanjingGuangbao CRYLINK

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