LBO Crystals

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LBO crsytal (Lithium Tri-borate) is one of the most useful nonlinear optical material not just for its relatively large conversion coefficient – 3x that of KDP, but also for its excellent physical propertie

LBO Crystals

Lithium Tri-borate (LBO Crystal)  is one of the most useful nonlinear optical material not just for its relatively large conversion coefficient – 3x that of KDP, but also for its excellent physical properties.

LBO Material

LBO Material

LBO crystal has broad optical transparency range from 160 to 2600 nm. It excels in high power SHG with minimal thermal lens as compared to KTP. Its large acceptance angle paired with small walk-off angle which reduces the beam quality requirement for source
LBO Crystal also allows temperature controllable type I non-critical phase-matching(NCPM) for 1000 – 1300 nm and type II NCPM for 800 to 1100 nm at room temperature. With a high optical homogeneity (?n ~10-6), the material is grown virtually inclusion free. With a damage threshold of up to 45 GW/cm2 at 1064 nm, it is again the material of choice for high-power applications.
LBO Crystals are widely used for SHG and THG of Nd:YAG, Nd:YLF, Nd:YVO4 and ultra-fast Ti:sapphire lasers. OPOS (Optical Parametric Oscillators) and OPAS (Optical Parametric Amplifier).

LBO Crystal Physical Property

Chemical Formula

LiB3O5

Crystal StructureOrthorhombic, mm2
Cell Parametersa = 8.4473, b = 7.3788Å, c = 5.1395Å, Z = 2
Melting point834°C
Optical homogeneityd n ~ 10-6/cm
Mos hardness6
Density2.47 g/cm3
Absorption coefficient< 0.1%/cm (at 1064 nm and 532 nm)
Specific heat1.91J/cm3xK
Hygroscopic susceptibilitylow
Thermal expansion coefficientsa, 4 x 10-6/K; c, 36 x 10-6/K
Thermal conductivity^ c, 1.2 W/m/K; //c, 1.6 W/m/K

Linear Optical Properties

Transparency range1 60-2600 nm
Refractive indices:
at 1064 nm
at 532 nm
at 355 nm
nx = 1.5656, ny = 1.5905, nz = 1.6055
ne = 1.5785, no = 1.6065, nz = 1.6212
ne = 1.5971, no = 1.6275, nz = 1.6430
Therm-optic coefficientsdno / dT = -9.3 x 10-6/°C
dne / dT = -16.6 x 10-6/°C
Sell Meier Equations (l in mm)

no2 (l) = 2.7359 – 0.01354l2+ 0.01878/(l2-0.01822)
ne2(l) = 2.3753 – 0.01516l2+ 0.01224/(l2-0.01667)

Nonlinear Optical Properties

Phase-matchable output wavelength554 – 2660 nm (type I), 790 – 2150 nm (type II)
NLO coefficientsd33 = 0.06; d32 = 1.2; d22 = 1.1
Walk-off Angles(@ 1064 nm)0.4° (Type I SHG), 0.3° (Type II SHG)
Acceptance Angles(@1064 nm) for SHG Type I9.6(mrad-cm) CPM at 25°C 248(mrad-cm) NCPM at 150°C
Electro-optic coefficientsg 11 = 2.7 pm/V, g 22, g31 < 0.1g11
Conversion Efficiency>90% (1064 -> 532nm) Type I SHG
Damage threshold
at 1064 nm
at 532 nm at 355 nm
45 GW/cm2 (1 ns); 10 GW/cm2 (1.3 ns)
26 GW/cm2 (1 ns); 7 GW/cm2 (250 ps) 22 GW/cm2

Lithium Tri-borate Crystal Specifications

Thin crystals: (5-10) x (5-10) x (0.01-3) mm3
Regular sizes: 2 x 2 mm2 to 30 x 30 mm2 in cross-section, up to 60 mm in length
Absorption: < 20ppm (0.00002%) @1064
S/D of 0/0 for cross-section: up to 5 x 5 mm
Different cuts, sizes and AR coatings are available upon request.

Nonlinear LBO crystals, LBO crystal have wide transparency region, Broad type 1 and type 2 NCPM, small walk-off angle and high damage threshold.
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LBO crystal
(Lithium Triborate – LiB3O5) has become the material of choice for high power laser applications from the UV to NIR.

Nonlinear LBO crystals, LBO crystal have wide transparency region, Broad type 1 and type 2 NCPM, small walk-off angle and high damage threshold.

Lithium Tri-borate Crystal

It is unique in many aspects, especially its wide transparency range, moderately high non-linear coupling, high damage threshold and good chemical and mechanical properties. Its transmission range is from 0.16m to 2.6m.
LBO crystals allows temperature-controllable non-critical phase-matching (NCPM) for 1.0-1.3 m, Type I SHG, and also provides room temperature NCPM for Type II SHG at 0.8-1.1 m. It possesses a relatively large angular acceptance bandwidth, reducing the beam quality requirements for source lasers.

Nonlinear LBO crystals, LBO crystal have wide transparency region, Broad type 1 and type 2 NCPM, small walk-off angle and high damage threshold.

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One Response to LBO Crystals
  1. LBO Features

    Wide transmission region from 160 nm to 2600nm
    Large effective second-harmonic-generation (SHG) coefficient (about three times that of KDP)
    Good mechanical and physical properties
    High damage threshold of 18.9 GW/cm2 for a 1.3 ns laser at 1053 nmv
    Both Type I and II NCPM in a wide wavelength range is possible
    Wide acceptance angle and small walk-off
    High optical homogeneity with δn≈10-6/cm
    Spectral NCPM near 1300 nm

    LBO Crystal Applications

    Frequency doubling and tripling of Nd:YAG and Nd:YLF lasers.
    SHG and THG for middle and high power Nd: lasers at 1064 nm for medical, industrial and military applications
    SHG and THG of high power Nd: lasers at 1342 nm & 1319 nm for red and blue laser
    Optical parametric amplifiers (OPA) and oscillators (OPO) pumped by Excimer lasers and harmonics of Nd:YAG lasers.
    Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) in ultrafast pulse system


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