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Table. 1.

Optical and nonlinear optical properties of LBO and BBO crystals.

LBO BBO
Transparency Range 160 – 2600 (nm) 190 – 3500 (nm)
Therm-optic Coefficient (/°C) dnx/dT=9.3×106
dny/dT=13.6×106
dnz/dT=(6.32.1λ.)×106
dno/dT=16.6×106
dne/dT=9.3×106
Absorption Coefficients < 0.1%/cm at 1064 nm
<0.3%/cm at 532 nm
< 0.1%/cm at 1064 nm
< 1%/cm at 532 nm
Acceptance angle 6.54 mrad·cm (ϕ, Type I)
15.27 mrad·cm (θ, Type II)
0.8 mrad·cm (θ, Type I)
1.27 mrad·cm (θ, Type II)
Temperature Acceptance 4.7 °C·cm (Type I, 1064 SHG)
7.5°C·cm (Type II,1064 SHG)
55 °C·cm
Walk-off angel 0.60° (Type I 1064 SHG)
0.12° (Type II 1064 SHG)
2.7° (Type I 1064 SHG)
3.2° (Type II 1064 SHG)
NLO Coefficients deff(I)=d32cosϕ, (Type I in XY plane)
deff(I)=d31cos2θ+d32sin2θ, (Type I in XZ plane)
deff(II)=d31cosθ, (Type II in YZ plane)
deff(II)=d31cos2θ+d32sin2θ, (Type II in XZ plane)
deff(I)=d31sinθ+(d11cos3ϕ
d22sin3ϕ)cosθ
deff(II)=(d11sin3ϕ+d22cos3ϕ)cos2θ
New Phys.: Sae Mulli 2022;72:224~230 https://doi.org/10.3938/NPSM.72.224
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