RTP (Rubidium Titanyl Phosphate, RbTiOPO4) crystal features,
Large electro-optic coefficients
Large nonlinear optical coefficients
No piezoelectric ringing to the MHz range
Low operating voltage for Q-Switch
Low ionic conductivity
Nonhygroscopic, chemically and mechanically stable
High damage threshold
making it an excellent material for E-O Q-switch at high repetition rates. RTP crystals are typically used in "thermally compensated double-crystal configurations" in which two matched crystals are placed along the propagation axis with one rotated by 90 deg. from the other (see the "Tech info" tab for more details).
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RTP is a positive biaxial crystal, with the principal axes X, Y, and Z ( nz>ny>nx ) parallel to the crystallographic axes a, b, and c, respectively.
Structural and Physical Properties:
Crystal Structure |
Orthorhombic. Point group mm2 |
Cell Parameters |
a=12.96 Å, b=10.56 Å, c=6.49 Å, Z=8 |
Melting Point |
1000 oC |
Curie Point |
810 oC |
Mohs Hardness |
~ 5 |
Density |
3.6 g/cm3 |
Color |
colorless |
Hygroscopic Susceptibility |
No |
Thermal Expansion | α1=1.01x10-5, α2=1.37x10-5, α3=-4.17x10-6 |
Dielectric constant | εeff=13 |
Ionic conductivity |
~10-8 s/cm (c-axis, @ 25 oC, 10 kHz) |
Linear Optical Properties:
Transmitting Range: |
350 nm - 4500 nm |
Refractive Indices: |
nx ny nz |
Sellmeier Equations: |
nx2=2.1556+0.93307λ2/(λ2-0.20994)-0.01452λ2 |
Thermo-optic Coefficients: |
dnx/dT= - /oC, dny/dT= - /oC |
Absorption Coefficient: |
α < 0.05% cm-1 @ 1064 nm, α < 4% cm-1 @ 532 nm |
Electro-Optical and Nonlinear Optical Properties:
Electro-optic Coefficients ( x-cut, low frequency ) |
γ13=10.5 pm/V, γ23=12.5 pm/V, γ33=35.0 pm/V |
Half-wave Voltage@1064nm | 1.6 kV for a pair of 4x4x10 mm crystals |
3.4 kV for a pair of 6x6x7 mm crystals | |
2.4 kV for a pair of 6x6x10 mm crystals | |
Nonlinear Optical Coefficients | d31=2.0 pm/V, d32=3.6 pm/V, d33=8.3 pm/V,d24=3.6 pm/V, d15=2.0 pm/V |
Effective Nonlinearity | deff(II)= (d24 - d15)sin2φsin2θ -(d15sin2φ+ d24cos2φ)sinθ |
Specifications for RTP components:
Transmitting wavefront distortion: less than λ/8 @ 633 nm |
Dimension tolerance: (W +/- 0.1 mm) x (H +/- 0.1 mm) x (L + 0.2 mm/-0.1 mm) |
Clear aperture: > 90% central area |
Flatness: λ/8 @ 633 nm |
Scratch/dig: 10/5 to MIL-O-13830A |
Parallelism: better than 20 arc seconds |
Perpendicularity: 30 arc minutes |
Angle tolerance: Δθ < +/-0.25o, Δφ < +/-0.25o |
Paired crystals:
RTP crystals for EO modulation are typically used in "thermally compensated double-crystal configurations" as show below, in which two matched crystals are placed along the propagation axis with one rotated by 90 deg. from the other. The equivalent length of the EO modulator is 2 x of the individual crystal length.
Coatings:
The crystals are anti-reflection (AR) coated on the entrance/exit faces at the specified central wavelength. Gold (Au) coatings are deposited on Z-faces for the high voltage electrodes. Uncoated crystals are available upon request.
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