LBO
(Lithium Triborate, LiB3O5)
LBO crystal is one of the most versatile nonlinear
optical crystal
materials available. It has a very broad transmission range from vacuum UV
to mid infrared, a very high damage threshold ( actually the highest among the
common nonlinear crystals ) and is capable of noncritical phase matching
in the near IR region,
making it the material of choice for high power, high efficiency second harmonic
generation and optical parametric processes.
Thin and ultrathin LBO
crystals have also been
developed for frequency conversions of ultrafast pulses as short as 10 fs.
Properties
and Applications
Standard Products and Specifications
Oven/Controller for Noncritical Phasematched (NCPM)
SHG
Guide to Product Handling
Hot Applications:
LBO for high power
frequency doubling of 1064nm ns lasers
( Efficiency vs. Length, LBO vs.
BBO)
8x10x15mm LBO for SHG of
251W, 1.3J, 20ns pulses at 1064nm
Intracavity SHG with an
LBO crystal produces 4.6W CW blue @ 457nm
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