Beta-Barium Borate (b-BaB2O4 or BBO), the high-quality crystal boule is steadily available from CRYSLASER,who holds specialized proprietary techniques ( flux-method) of the BBO crystal growth.
Basic Properites of BBO
Table 1.Chemical and Structural properties of BBO
Crystal Structure: |
Trigonal, space group R3c |
Lattics Parameters: |
a=b=12.532Å, c=12.717Å, Z=6 |
Melting point |
About 1095℃ |
Mohs Hardness |
4 |
Density |
3.85g/cm3 |
Thermal Conductivity |
1.2W/m/K(┴c): 1.6W/m/K(//c) |
Thermal Expansion Coefficients |
a11=4x10-6/K; a33=36x10-6/K |
Table 2.Optical and Nontinear Optical Properties Of BBO
Transparency Range: |
190-3500nm |
SHG Phase Matchable Range |
409.6-3500nm(Type I) 525-3500nm(Type II) |
therm-optic Coefficients(/℃) |
dno/dT=-16.6X10-6 dne/dT=-9.3X10-6 |
Absorption Coefficients |
<0.1%/cm at 1064nm <1%/cm at 532nm |
Angle Acceptance |
0.8mrad-cm (θ, Type I,1064 SHG) |
Temperature Acceptance |
55℃-cm |
Spectral Acceptance |
1.1nm-cm |
Walk-off Angle |
2.7° (Type I 1064 SHG) |
NLO Coefficients |
deff (I)=d31sinθ+(d11cosΦ-d22sin3Φ)cosθ |
Non-vanished NLO susceptibilities |
d11=5.8xd36(KDP) |
sellmeier Equations(λ in μm ) |
no2=2.7359+0.01878 / (λ2-0.01822) -0.01354 λ2 |
Electro-optic coefficients: |
r22=2.7pm/V |
Half-wave voltage: |
7KV (at 1064nm,3*3*20mm3) |
Resistivity: |
>1011 ohm-cm |
Relative Dielectric Constant: |
εs11/εo:6.7 |
BBO is a negative uniaxial crystal, with ordinary refractive-index(no) larger than extraordinary refractive-index(ne). Both type I and type II phase-matching can be reached by angle-tuning. The phase matching angles of frequency doubling are shown in Fig.2
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