Yttrium Vanadate (YVO4) Crystals Yttrium Vanadate (YVO4) crystals are positive uniaxial crystals grown using the Czochralski method. They have good mechanical and physical properties and are ideal for optical polarizing components because of their wide transparency range and large birefringence.
Yttrium Vanadate (YVO4) Crystals
Yttrium Vanadate (YVO4) crystals are positive uniaxial crystals grown using the Czochralski method. They have good mechanical and physical properties and are ideal for optical polarizing components because of their wide transparency range and large birefringence. They are an excellent synthetic substitute for Calcite (CaCO3) and rutile (TiO2) in many applications including fiber optic isolators and circulators, beam displacers, Glan polarizers and other polarizing optics.
Capabilities
| ATTRIBUTE | COMMERCIAL | HIGH PRECISION |
|---|---|---|
| Optical Axis Orientation | ±0.5° | ±0.1° |
| Parallelism | 20″ | 10″ |
| Perpendicularity | 15′ | 5′ |
| Flatness | λ/4 | λ/10 |
| Dimensional Tolerance | 40-20 scratch and dig | 10-5 scratch and dig |
| Flatness | ±0.1mm | ±0.005mm |
| AR Coating | R<0.2%@1550±40nm | Specified |
Transparency Curve of YVO4
yvo4 optical components
YVO4 is ideal for optical components such as fiber optical isolators and circulators,and beam displacers,etc.
Because of its wide transparency and large briefrengence,YVO4 is ideal for optical components such as fiber optical isolators and circulators,and beam displacers,etc.