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CLBO Crystal

for aerospace, medical, and industrial applications
clbo-nonlinear-crystal
  • Well suited for UV applications
  • Small walk-off angle
  • Large angle tolerance
  • No saturation for high power generation
  • Harmonic generation (up to fifth) of Nd-doped lasers
  • Frequency doubling and tripling of Alexandrite, Ti:Sapphire lasers

    • CLBO crystal (Cesium lithium borate or CsLiB6O10) is a novel nonlinear optical borate crystal possessing excellent NLO properties in the UV range. CLBO crystal is mainly used in semiconductor inspection, microlithography, biomedicine, ultraviolet radar and other fields.

    Specifications of CLBO Crystal

    Thickness/Diameter Tolerance ±0.05 mm
    Orientation Tolerence < 0.5°
    Size 3 mm ~ 150 mm or Upon customer request
    Dimension Tolerances ±0.05 mm
    Surface Quality 10/5 S/D per MIL-O-13830A
    Parallelism < 10 arcsec
    Perpendicularity < 5 arcmin
    Clear Aperture > 90%
    Wavefront Distortion λ/8 @ 633 nm
    Surface Flatness < λ/8 @ 632.8 nm
    Chamfer < 0.1 mm @ 45°
    Coating AR/HR/PR coating upon customer's request

    Physical and chemical properties

    Chemical Formula CsLiB6O10
    Crystal Structure Tetragonal,Negative uniaxial crystal,42 m
    Lattice Constant a=10.494Å, c=8.939Å, Z=4
    Density 2.461 g/cm3
    Melting Point About 1118 K
    Hardness (Mohs) 5.5
    Thermal Conductivity 1.25 W/m K

    Optical and Nonlinear properties

    Transparency Range 180 nm - 2750 nm
    Effective NLO coefficient 1.01 pm/V @ 532 nm; 1.16 pm/V @ 488 nm
    NLO coefficients deff(Ⅰ) = d36sinθmsin(2 φ); deff(Ⅱ) = d36sin(2θm)cos(2 φ)
    Refractive indices ne = 1.4340, no = 1.4838 @ 1064 nm; ne = 1.4445, no = 1.4971 @ 532 nm
    Therm-optic coefficients dno/dT = -1.9 × 10–6/°C; dne/dT = -0.5 × 10–6/°C

    Applications

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    Wavelength Phase Matching Angle Deff Angle Tolerence Walk-off Angle
    532+532=266 nm 61.7° 0.84 pm/V 0.49 mrad - cm 1.83°

    Notes

  • AR/HR/PR coatings are available at your specified wavelength.
  • Be sure to wear laser safety goggles when checking optical path and adjusting optical axis.
  • CLBO is relatively soft and therefore requires precautions to protect its polished surfaces.
  • When angle adjusting is necessary, keep in mind that the acceptance angle of CLBO is small.

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