4119 Twilight Ridge
San Diego, CA 92130
tel (858) 755-6727
fax (858) 630-2376
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LiNbO3 is one of the most attractive materials for optoelectronics. A great variety of devices has been developed based upon this material having unique electro-optical, photoelastic, piezo-electric and non-linear properties combined with good mechanical and chemical stability and wide transparency range.
Del Mar Ventures offers a lot of products made of high quality LiNbO3 crystals of both Acoustical and Optical grades. Typically, Czochralsky grown and poled along Z-axis boules are used with sizes up to 80 nm in dia. and 100 mm in length.
Other boules orientations can be applied for some purposes (SAW substrates, piezotransducers).
Optical damage effect which exhibits in congruent melt grown LiNbO3 certainly limits it’s applications in high power non-linear and E-O devices. For this purpose specially grown LiNbO3 can be offered which has composition near stoichiometric similar to the Li-rich VTE LiNbO3 with the obvious advantage that bulk samples can be obtained.
Custom growth of some related materials is available.
For example: Fe:LiNbO3 - photorefractive material for
optical memory devices,
Ba2LiN5O15 (BLN) - analog of BANAN crystal for E-O
modulators
and non-linear applications.
Online store:
LiNbO3 saw grade -
LiNbO3 wafers optical grade -
MgO:LiNbO3 wafers -
Fe: LiNbO3 wafers -
Stoichiometric LiNbO3
LiNbO3 crystals -
LiNbO3:Er -
LiTaO3
Stoichiometric z-cut LiNbO3 wafers (2" diam,
1mm thick)
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Material: |
Lithium Niobate – LiNbO3 |
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Crystal (Wafer)#: |
79161 (9) |
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Cut: |
Z-cut |
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Diameter: |
50.8 ± 0.2 mm |
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Thickness: |
1.0 ± 0.02 mm |
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Polish: |
2 sides polished |
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Flat: |
14.0 ± 2.0 |
Available in online store
Del Mar Photonics - LiNbO3 wafer sample brochure - LiNbO3 references
Del Mar Photonics is looking for research partnerships in the areas such as LiNbO3 and LiTaO3 based optical and electro-optical devices, LiNbO3 based holography, femtosecond research in LiNbO3 based materials.
LiNbO3 Q-switch - LiTaO3 Q-switch
| Chemical Formula | LiNbO3 | |
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| Crystal Structure | Hexagonal Space Group: R3c Point Group: 3m |
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| Lattice Parameters, Å | a = 5.148 c = 13.863 |
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| Density, g/cm3 | 4.64 | |
| Thermal Expansion Coefficients, ° C-1 | aa = 16.7 .
10-6 ac = 4.0 . 10-6 |
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| Transparency Range, mm | 0.4 - 5.0 | |
| Electro-Optical Coefficients, pmV-1 | r33 = 30.8 r31 = 8.6 r22 = 3.4 r51 = 28 |
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| SAW Velocities, m/c | 3870 (ZY - cut) 3490 (YZ - cut) 3980 (YZ - cut 128° ) |
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| Nonlinear Coefficients, d/d36 KDP | d31 = - 11.6 d33 = 8.6 d22 = 5.6 |
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| Synchronism Width | Temperature | 0.6 °C . cm |
| Spectral | 2.3 Å . cm | |
| Angle | 47 mrad . cm | |
| Optical Damage Threshold, MW/cm2 | 300 at 1064 nm | |
| Birefringence Gradient | < 5 . 10-5 | |
| Del Mar Ventures 4119 Twilight Ridge San Diego, CA 92130 tel (858) 755-6727 fax (858) 630-2376 delmar@sciner.com |
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Online store:
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BBO SHG @ 532 nm |
BBO SHG @ 800 nm |
BBO THG @ 800 nm |
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Fe-LiNbO3 |
KTP SHG @ 1064 nm |
LiNbO3 optical grade |
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LiNbO3 saw grade |
LiNbO3:Er |
LiTaO3 |
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MgO-LiNbO3 |
PWO4 |
Ti:Sapphire |
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TiO2 (Rutile) |
ZnTe |