Cesium Lithium Borate – CLBO Crystals
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Cesium Lithium Borate – CLBO Crystals SKU: CLBO-501S

Cesium Lithium Borate CsLiB₆O₁₀ (CLBO) is a nonlinear crystal perfect for harmonic generation in the UV range with a transmission cut-off edge reaching 180 nm. Compared with common BBO nonlinear optical material, CLBO crystals feature larger spectral and temperature acceptance,…

Variant specifications

Specification Value
W 5
H 5
L 8
θ 61.5
ϕ 45
Coating AR/AR @ 532 + 266 nm
Mounted Yes

Shared product specifications

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PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Chemical formula CsLiB₆O₁₀
Transparency range 180-2750 nm
Effective NLO coefficient 1.01 pm / V @ 532 nm 1.16 pm / V @ 488 nm
NLO coefficients deff(Ⅰ) = d₃₆sinθmsin(2 φ) deff(Ⅱ) = d₃₆sin(2θm)cos(2 φ)
Sellmeier equations, CLBO at 20°C (0.1914< λ <2.09 μm) no²&ⁿbsp;= 2.2104+0.01018 / (λ²-0.01424)- 0.01258λ² ne²&ⁿbsp;= 2.0588+0.00838 / (λ²-0.01363)- 0.00607λ²
Density 2.461 g / cm³
Mohs hardness 5.5
Melting point 1118 K
Thermal conductivity 1.25 W / mK
Refractive indices ne = 1.4340, no = 1.4838 @ 1064 nm ne = 1.4445, no = 1.4971 @ 532 nm
Therm-optic coefficients dno / dT&ₙbsp;= -1.9 × 10⁻⁶ / °C dne / dT&ₙbsp;= -0.5 × 10⁻⁶ / °C
Flatness λ / 8 @ 633 nm
Parallelism 20 arcsec
Perpendicularity < 5 arcminn
Angle tolerance < 30 arcmin
Aperture tolerance ± 0.1 mm
Surface quality 10 / 5 scratch & dig per MIL-O-13830A
Clear aperture 90% of full aperture

Applications

Wavelength Phase Matching Angle Deff Angle Tolerence Walk-off Angle
532+532=266 nm 61.7° 0.84 pm / V 0.49 mrad - cm 1.83°

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