BIBO Crystal

Crystal Structure: Monoclinic，Point group 2

Lattice Parameter: Monoclinic，Point group 2

Melting Point: Monoclinic，Point group 2

Mohs Hardness: 5-5.5

Density: 5.033 g/cm3

Thermal Expansion Coefficients: αa=4.8 x 10-5/K , αb= 4.4 x 10-6/K, αc=-2.69 x 10-5/K

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BiB3O6 (BIBO) is a newly developed nonlinear optical crystal. It possesses large effective nonlinear coefficient, high damage threshold and inertness with respect to moisture. Its nonlinear coefficient is 3.5 - 4 times higher than that of LBO, 1.5 -2 times higher than that of BBO. It is a promising doubling crystal to produce blue laser.
BiB3O6 (BIBO) is an excellent kind of nonlinear Optical Crystal. NLO Crystals BIBO Crystals possesses large effective nonlinear coeffcient, wide advanced characteristic for the NLO application broad transparency range from 286nm to 2500nm, high damage threshold and inertness with respect to moisture. Its nonlinear coefficient is 3.5-4 times higher than that of LBO crystal, 1.5-2 times higher than that of BBO crystal. It is a promising doubling crystal to produce blue laser 473nm, 390nm.
BiB3O6 (BIBO) for SHG is very common, especially Nonlinear Optical BIBO Crystal Second harmonic generation at 1064nm, 946nm and 780nm.
The feature of this kind of Optical Crystal BIBO Crystal are as follows:
large effective SHG coefficient (about 9 times that of KDP);
Wide temperature-bandwidth;
Inertness with respect to moisture.
Applications:
SHG for middle and high power Nd: lasers at 1064nm;
SHG of high power Nd: lasers at 1342nm & 1319nm for red and blue laser;
SHG for the Nd: Lasers at 914nm & 946nm for blue laser;
Optical Parametric Amplifiers (OPA) and Oscillators (OPO) application.

Basic Properties
Crystal Structure	Monoclinic ，Point group 2
Lattice Parameter	a=7.116Å, b=4.993Å , c=6.508Å , β=105.62°, Z=2
Melting Point	726℃
Mohs	5-5.5
Density	5.033 g/cm3
Thermal Expansion Coefficient	αa=4.8 x 10-5/K , αb= 4.4 x 10-6/K, αc=-2.69 x 10-5/K
Transparency Range	286- 2500 nm
Absorption Coefficient	<0.1%/cm at 1064nm
SHG of 1064/532nm	Phase matching angle: 168.9°from Z axis in YZ planDeff : 3.0 +/- 0.1 pm/VAngular acceptance: 2.32 mrad·cmWalk-off angle : 25.6 mradTemperature acceptance: 2.17 ℃·cm
Physical Axis	X∥b, (Z,a)=31.6°,(Y,c)=47.2°

Technical Parameters
Dimension tolerance	(W±0.1mm)x(H±0.1mm)x(L+0.5/-0.1mm) (L≥2.5mm)(W±0.1mm)x(H±0.1mm)x(L+0.1/-0.1mm) (L<2.5mm)
Clear aperture	central 90% of the diameter
Flatness	less than λ/8 @ 633nm
Transmitting wavefront distortion	less than λ/8 @ 633nm
Chamfer	≤0.2mmx45°
Chip	≤0.1mm
Scratch/Dig	better than 10/ 5 to MIL-PRF-13830B
Parallelism	better than 20 arc seconds
Perpendicularity	≤5 arc minutes
Angle tolerance	△θ≤0.25°, △φ≤0.25°
Damage threshold[GW/cm2]	>0.3 for 1064nm, TEM00, 10ns, 10HZ

Model	Product	Size	Orientation	Surface	Mount	Quantity
DE0247	BIBO	550.5mm	θ=154° φ=90°	both sides polished	Unmounted	1
DE0305	BIBO	550.5mm	θ=143.7°φ=90°	S1:Pcoating@1030nm+515nm S2:Pcoating@343nm	φ25.4mm	1
DE0305-1	BIBO	550.5mm	θ=143.7°φ=90°	S1:Pcoating@1030nm+515nm S2:Pcoating@343nm	Unmounted	1