BBO Crystals Chemical Property

Phase-matchable SHG range 189-1750nm
NLO coefficients d11 = 5.8 x d36(KDP)
d11 = 0.05 x d11, d22< 0.05 x d11
Electro-Optic Coefficients g11 = 2.7 pm/V, g22, g31< 0.1 g11
Half-Wave Voltage 48 KV (at 1064 nm)
Damage Threshold
at 1.064 mm
at 0.532 mm
5 GW/cm2 (10 ns);
10 GW/cm2 (1.3 ns)1 GW/cm2 (10 ns);
7 GW/cm2 (250 ps)
Transparency Range 189 - 3500 nm
Refractive Indices
at 1.0642 mm
at 0.5321 mm
at 0.2660 mm

ne = 1.5425, no = 1.6551
ne = 1.5555, no = 1.6749
ne = 1.6146, no = 1.7571
Therm-Optic Coefficients
dno/dT = - 9.3 x 10-6/°C
dne/dT = -16.6 x 10-6/°C
Sellmeier Equations: no2(l) = 2.7359+0.01878/(l2-0.01822)-0.01354 l 2
ne2(l) = 2.3753+0.01224/(l2-0.01667)-0.01516 l 2

BBO crystal physical properties

Chemical properties

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