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LBO (LiB3O5) is an ideal material for high-power laser frequency multipliers due to its high damage threshold, expansive acceptance angle, excellent thermal stability, and broad light transmission range. It boasts a transmittance range of 160-2600 nm. For Class-I non-critical phase matching, the band range is 1000-1300 nm under ...

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Crystal Type: LBO (Lithium Triborate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting:
Width: 3 mm
Height: 15 mm
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BiB3O6(BIBO) is a newly developed Nonlinear Optical Crystal. It has advanced characteristic for the NLO application broad transparency range from 286nm to 2500nm.

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Crystal Type: BIBO (BiB3O6)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type I
Mounting: Mounted
Width: 6 mm
Height: 6 mm
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Chinese brand BBO crystals manufactured in CRYSMIT OPTICS. As a expert in nonlinear crystals, CRYSMIT offers high-quality BBO crystals at a competitive price. Maximum processing size 20x20x10 mm3 for BBO coated crystals. Ultrathin BBO (Thinnest 5um) crystals for Femtosecond Lasers.  A large quantity of BBO crystals in ...

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Crystal Type: BBO (Beta Barium Borate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type I
Mounting: Mounted
Width: 10 mm
Height: 10 mm
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The Voyawave Optics Nd:YAG Crystal is a high-quality laser host crystal with exceptional optical properties. With high gain, low threshold, and excellent thermal conductivity, this crystal delivers outstanding performance in a variety of laser applications. Its versatile operation modes, including continuous wave (CW), pulsed, ...

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Type Of Crystal: Nd:YAG
Crystal Diameter: 3 mm
Crystal Length: 50 mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Length Tolerance: ± 0.5 mm
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The Voyawave Optics Ti:Sapphire Crystal is a highly versatile laser crystal known for its wide wavelength tunability and exceptional performance. With features such as absorption pump bandwidth, short excited state lifetime, and excellent thermal conductivity, this crystal delivers high damage threshold and superior output ...

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Type Of Crystal: Ti:Sapphire
Crystal Diameter: 3 mm
Crystal Length: 5 mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Directional: C-axis is the direction of the optical axis, perpendicular to the crystal surface
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The Voyawave Optics TeO2 Crystal is a high-quality acousto-optic material with exceptional properties. With wide wavelength tunability and a short excited state lifetime, this crystal enables advanced applications in various fields. It offers high damage threshold, excellent output efficiency, and remarkable thermal conductivity. ...

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Type Of Crystal: TeO2
Crystal Diameter: -- mm
Crystal Length: -- mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Density: 6 g/cm3
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The Nd:KGW Laser Crystal is a highly doped laser crystal known for its exceptional performance and versatility. With its high doping concentration and wide absorption band, this crystal ensures efficient and reliable laser operation. It features a high excitation cross-section and a low laser output threshold, making it ideal for ...

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Type Of Crystal: Nd:KGW
Crystal Diameter: 3 mm
Crystal Length: 3 mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Length Tolerance: +1.0/-0.0
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The Er:YAG laser crystal, provided by VoyaWave Optics Ltd., is an advanced and highly efficient solution for medical and dental applications. The crystal lasers at a specific wavelength of 2940 nm, which coincides with the hydroxyl absorption peak, making it perfect for interaction with biological tissues. With exceptional optical ...

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Type Of Crystal: Er:YAG
Crystal Diameter: 3-4 mm
Crystal Length: 53/65 mm
AR Coating: Both sides
Size Tolerance: Diameter: +0.000 inches
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Nd:YVO4 is a laser crystal widely used in solid-state lasers due to its excellent properties, such as high absorption, high gain, and low threshold. It is a neodymium-doped yttrium orthovanadate crystal, which exhibits a large stimulated emission cross-section and broad absorption bandwidth. Nd:YVO4 crystal has high efficiency, low ...

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Type Of Crystal: Nd:YVO4
Crystal Diameter: 2.5 mm
Crystal Length: 2.5 mm
AR Coating: One side
Size Tolerance: (W ± 0.1 mm)x(H ± 0.1 mm)x(L + 0.2/-0.1 mm)(L< 2.5 mm) (W ± 0.1 mm)x(H ± 0.1 mm)x(L + 0.5/-0.1 mm)(L≥ 2.5 mm)
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Nd:YLF crystal is very suitable for mode-locked mode to obtain short pulse laser crystals. It has the characteristics of small thermal lens effect, large fluorescent linewidth and output polarization. Nd:YLF can be used in linearly polarized resonators, mode-locked lasers, diode-pumped Nd:YLF lasers and Ti: sapphire chirped pulse ...

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Type Of Crystal: Nd:YLF
Crystal Diameter: 3-5 mm
Crystal Length: 10-50 mm
AR Coating: Both sides
Size Tolerance: +0/-0.1 mm
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The Birefringent Crystals for Optical Applications are high-quality crystals designed for various optical devices and applications. Made from YVO4, LiNbO3, and α-BBO materials, these crystals offer excellent birefringence properties, wide light transmission range, and easy processing. They are ideal for use in fiber optic ...

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Crystal Type: BBO (Beta Barium Borate), LiNbO3 (Lithium Niobate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: -- mm
Height: -- mm
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The VoyaWave Optics Yb:KGW Crystal is an exceptional laser gain material with superior features. With a greater absorption bandwidth, longer launch life, higher storage capacity, and lower quantum defects, this crystal is perfect for various laser applications. It is highly suitable for diode pumping and offers high light ...

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Type Of Crystal: Yb:KGW
Crystal Diameter: -- mm
Crystal Length: -- mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Length Tolerance: +1.0/-0.0
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Lithium Niobate (LN), an outstanding and versatile material, has influenced our daily life for decades: from enabling high-speed optical communications that form the backbone of the Internet to realizing radio-frequency filtering used in our cell phones. This half-century-old material is currently embracing a revolution in thin-film ...

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Crystal Type: LiNbO3 (Lithium Niobate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: 32 mm
Height: 6 mm
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The KTA Crystal (KTiOAsO4) is a cutting-edge nonlinear optical crystal designed for a wide range of applications. With its exceptional features, including a large EO coefficient, considerable NLO coefficient, high damage threshold, and wide temperature and spectral range, this crystal is perfect for demanding optical systems. Its ...

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Crystal Type: KTA (KTiOAsO4)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: 3 mm
Height: 5 mm
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The KTP Crystal (KTiOPO4) is an exceptional nonlinear optical crystal suitable for a wide range of applications. With its large NLO coefficients, wide angle and temperature bandwidth, and high photoelectric coefficient, this crystal delivers superior performance in various optical systems. It offers excellent conversion efficiency, ...

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Crystal Type: KTP (KTiOPO4)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: 3 mm
Height: 5 mm
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The Nd:Ce:YAG Laser Rod is a superior laser medium designed to enhance beam quality, increase damage threshold, reduce thermal effects, and improve the overall efficiency and output stability of lasers. With its excellent thermal stability, resistance to ultraviolet radiation, and high optical quality, this laser rod significantly ...

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Type Of Crystal: Nd:Ce:YAG
Crystal Diameter: -- mm
Crystal Length: -- mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Size Tolerance: Diameter: +0.000"/- 0.002", Length: ± 0.02"
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The Nd:GdVO4 Laser Crystal is a high-quality laser host crystal designed for diode-pumped all-solid-state lasers. It exhibits excellent physical, optical, and mechanical properties, making it an ideal choice for various laser applications. With its large, stimulated emission cross section at laser wavelength, high absorption ...

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Type Of Crystal: Nd:YVO4
Crystal Diameter: -- mm
Crystal Length: -- mm
AR Coating: One side, Both sides, Uncoated
Size Tolerance: (W ± 0.1 mm) x (H ± 0.1 mm) x (L + 0.2/-0.1 mm)
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Elevate your optical systems with the Voyawave Optics CLBO Crystal, renowned for its superior UV harmonic generation and efficient frequency conversion capabilities. With a shortwave cut-off edge reaching 180 nm, this crystal boasts a large effective nonlinear optical coefficient, large receiving angles, and high conversion ...

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Crystal Type: CLBO (CsLiB6O10)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type II
Mounting: Mounted
Width: 4-10 mm
Height: custom height mm
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The ZnGeP2 (ZGP) crystal is a superior frequency conversion material designed for high power and tunable infrared laser generation. With its large nonlinear coefficients, wide infrared transparency range, high thermal conductivity, and exceptional laser damage threshold, the ZGP crystal is considered the king of infrared nonlinear ...

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Crystal Type: ZnGeP2 (ZGP)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: -- mm
Height: -- mm
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The AgGaSe2 (AGSe) Crystal is a high-performance optical component designed for mid-infrared laser applications. With its exceptional frequency doubling efficiency, it enables optical parametric amplification, optical parametric oscillation, and differential frequency generation. The crystal's wide transmission range of 0.73-18 ...

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Crystal Type: AgGaSe2 (Silver Gallium Selenide)
Phase Mathcing Type: Not Applicable
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: 1 mm
Height: -- mm
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Introducing Voyawave Optics’ Premium Beta Barium Borate (BBO) Crystals, the ultimate choice for high-precision laser frequency conversion applications. Our BBO Crystals boast an impressive high damage threshold and an extensive phase matching band range from 410 to 3500 nm. Tailored for cutting-edge laser technologies, these ...

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Crystal Type: BBO (Beta Barium Borate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type I
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: 6 mm
Height: 6 mm
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Size tolerance: ±0.05 mm Dimension tolerance: ≤ 0.5° Clear aperture: > 90% Surface quality: 20/10 Flatness: < λ/8@633nm Wavefront distortion: < λ/4@633nm Parallelism: < 20 arc sec Perpendicularity: < 5 arc min Coating: AR Quality warranty period: 1 year (with normal use)

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Crystal Type: LiNbO3 (Lithium Niobate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type II
Mounting: Unmounted
Width: 6 mm
Height: 6 mm
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Discover the cutting-edge capabilities of Voyawave’s KDP & KDP crystals, ideal for high pulse energy and low repetition rate laser applications. These crystals excel in laser frequency conversion, harmonic generation, and electro-optic modulation. With high photodamage thresholds and superior electro-optic coefficients, our ...

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Crystal Type: KDP ( Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type II
Mounting: Mounted
Width: 5-20 mm
Height: custom height mm
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The BIBO (BiB3O6) crystal, offered by VoyaWave Optics Ltd., is a state-of-the-art nonlinear optical crystal that is specifically designed for high-efficiency frequency conversion applications. With a large effective nonlinear optical coefficient and high damage threshold, BIBO is perfectly suited for applications in laser frequency ...

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Crystal Type: BIBO (BiB3O6)
Phase Mathcing Type: Type II
Mounting: Mounted
Width: custom width mm
Height: custom height mm
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Data Sheet
Yb:YAG crystal is a promising solid state laser working material, which is more suitable for diode pumping with traditional Nd doped crystal medium. Compared with Nd:YAG crystals, Yb:YAG crystals have wider absorption bandwidth, lower thermal control requirements in semiconductor laser design, longer laser upper level lifetime, and ...

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Type Of Crystal: Yb:YAG
Crystal Diameter: 5 mm
Crystal Length: 1-3 mm
AR Coating: Both sides
Laser Wavelength: 1030 nm
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Frequently Asked Questions

Optical crystals come in a wide variety of types, each with their own unique properties and characteristics. Some of the most commonly used optical crystals include calcium fluoride (CaF2), magnesium fluoride (MgF2), quartz (SiO2), sapphire (Al2O3), and potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP). These crystals are used for a range of applications, such as laser optics, polarizers, and optical filters, among others. The choice of crystal type depends on factors such as the required optical properties, the operating conditions, and the manufacturing process, among others.

Optical crystals are widely used in nonlinear optics to generate harmonic frequencies of laser light, which are essential for a wide range of applications in spectroscopy, imaging, and communication systems. Nonlinear optical phenomena occur when the response of a crystal to an applied electric field is nonlinear, causing the crystal to produce a frequency that is a multiple of the frequency of the incident light. This process, known as second harmonic generation (SHG), is widely used in laser systems to generate light at a frequency that is difficult or impossible to generate directly. Additionally, optical crystals are used in a range of other nonlinear optical applications, such as optical parametric oscillation (OPO), optical parametric amplification (OPA), and sum frequency generation (SFG). These applications are important in areas such as ultrafast laser technology, quantum optics, and nonlinear microscopy.

Choosing the right electro-optic (EO) crystal depends on several factors such as the required electro-optic coefficients, wavelength range, damage threshold, and temperature stability. Considerations also include the orientation of the crystal, its birefringence, and the type of modulation needed. It's important to consult with a knowledgeable supplier who can help you select the appropriate EO crystal for your specific application requirements.

An isotropic crystal has the same optical properties in all directions, while an anisotropic crystal has different optical properties depending on the direction of light propagation. Anisotropic crystals are particularly useful for polarization control and optical switching applications.

Proper handling and cleaning techniques are essential for maintaining the quality of optical crystals. When handling crystals, it's important to wear gloves and use clean tools to avoid contamination from oils and other residues. Cleaning can be done with a gentle solvent or a mixture of deionized water and mild detergent. Ultrasonic cleaning can also be used, but care should be taken to ensure that the crystals are not damaged by the process. Regular inspections using a microscope or other measuring tools can help detect any defects or damage to the crystal surface, which can then be addressed promptly to prevent further deterioration of the crystal's performance. For hydroscopic crystals, it is important to store them in a dry environment to prevent moisture absorption, which can degrade their optical properties. For hydrophobic crystals, care should be taken to prevent contamination by oils or other hydrophobic substances, which can also degrade their optical performance.

Yes, some optical crystals can be used in high-temperature applications. For example, sapphire is a popular choice for high-temperature applications due to its high melting point and thermal conductivity. However, it is important to choose the right crystal for the specific application as not all crystals can withstand high temperatures. Factors such as the crystal's thermal conductivity, thermal expansion coefficient, and chemical stability should be taken into consideration.

The lifespan of an optical crystal can vary depending on various factors such as the type of crystal, its quality, and the conditions under which it is used. Generally, well-maintained crystals can last for many years or even decades. It is essential to store the crystals properly and protect them from physical damage, temperature fluctuations, and moisture to ensure their longevity. Additionally, regular cleaning and maintenance can help prolong the lifespan of optical crystals.

Proper storage and handling of optical crystals is crucial for maintaining their quality and prolonging their lifespan. Crystals should be stored in a dry and clean environment, away from direct sunlight and heat sources. They should also be protected from physical damage and contact with corrosive materials. When handling optical crystals, it is recommended to wear gloves to avoid contamination from oils and sweat on the skin. It is important to use only clean and soft materials, such as lint-free wipes and brushes, to clean the surfaces of the crystals. It is also important to avoid touching the optical surfaces with any cleaning materials, as this can cause scratches or other damage.

The performance of crystal optics can be affected by a variety of factors, including crystal quality, surface quality, temperature, and wavelength. Crystal quality is particularly important, as defects or impurities in the crystal lattice can affect its optical properties.

Crystals are typically manufactured through a process called crystal growth, where a small seed crystal is placed in a solution or melt and slowly grown into a larger crystal. The resulting crystal is then cut and polished to the desired shape and size.

A nonlinear crystal exhibits nonlinear optical properties, meaning that the output light is a function of both the input light and the crystal's properties. Linear crystals, on the other hand, exhibit linear optical properties, meaning that the output light is proportional to the input light.

Crystals are typically tested for quality using techniques such as X-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, and interferometry. These techniques can reveal information about crystal structure, surface quality, and optical performance.

Discover a wide selection of high-quality optical crystals from top suppliers worldwide on FindLight. Our collection includes nonlinear, laser, and electro-optic crystals for research and industrial applications. With fast delivery and expert advice, FindLight is your go-to source for optical crystals. Browse our selection and find the perfect solution for your project.

Did You know?

Did you know that optical crystals have unique properties that make them ideal for a wide range of applications in optics and photonics? These crystals are used in devices such as lasers, modulators, and sensors, where they can manipulate the behavior of light and other electromagnetic radiation. Optical crystals are available in a variety of shapes and sizes, including cylindrical, rectangular, and spherical, as well as in single or multiple pieces. The crystal's chemical composition, crystalline structure, and orientation can affect its optical properties, such as birefringence, dispersion, and polarization. Optical crystals can also exhibit nonlinear optical properties, which allow them to convert light from one wavelength to another, a property that is useful in frequency doubling and other nonlinear optics applications. To ensure the best performance and longevity of your optical crystals, it's important to store and handle them properly. Hydroscopic crystals should be kept in a dry environment, while hydrophobic crystals should be protected from oil and other contaminants. Additionally, regular cleaning and maintenance can help to maintain the crystal's optical properties and prolong its lifespan. Whether you're working on research and development, or looking for crystals in commercial applications in industries such as medical, aerospace, or telecommunications FindLight can be your trusted source of suppliers and manufacturers.