| Crystals | GTR-KTP | BBO | LBO | KTA | BIBO | LiNbO3 | KD*P | AgGaS2 | RTP |
| Crystal stru. | Orthor | Trigonal | Orthor | Orthor | Monoclinic | Trigonal | Tetragonal | Tetragonal | Orthor |
| Space group | Pna21 | R3c | Pna21 | Pna21 | R3C | Pna21 | |||
| Point group | mm2 | mm2 | mm2 | mm2 | 3m | 42m | 42 m | Mm2 | |
| Cell parameters | a=6.404Å b=10.616Å c=12.814Å Z=8 |
a = b = 12.532 Å c = 12.717Å Z=6 |
a=8.4473 Å b=7.3788 Å c=5.1395 Å Z=2 |
a=13.125 Å b=6.5716 Å c=10.786 Å |
a = 7.116 Å b = 4.993 Å c = 6.508 Å Z =2 |
a=5.148Å c=13.863Å |
a = 12.96 Å b= 10.56 Å c =6.49 Å |
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| Melt point | 1172 ℃ | 1095+ 5 ℃ | 834 ℃ | 1130±5 ℃ | 726 ℃ | 1253 ℃ | 997 ℃ | ~ 1000 ℃ | |
| Curie point | 925+ 5 ℃ | 880 ℃ | 1140 ℃ | ~810 ℃ | |||||
| Mohs hardness | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 - 5.5 | 5 | 2.5 | ~5 | |
| Density | 3.01 g/cm3 | 3.85 g/cm3 | 2.47 g/cm3 | 3.454 g/cm3 | 5.033 g/cm3 | 4.64 g/cm3 | 2.355 g/cm3 | 4.56 g/cm3 | 3.6 g/cm3 |
| Thermal expansion coefficients: (/k) |
a,4 x 10-6 ; c, 36 x 10-6 |
X:10.8x10-5 Y:-8.8x10-6 Z:3.4x10-6 |
X:4.8x10-5 Y:4.4x10-6 Z:-2.69x10-5 |
//a2.0x10-6 //c16.7x10-6 |
1.9x10-5 ⊥z 4.4x10-5 //z |
28.5x10-6 //a -18.7 x10-6//c |
a1=1.01x10-6 a2=1.37x10-6 a3=-4.17x10-6 |
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| Hygroscopic susceptibility |
No | A Little | A Little | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Thermal conductivity W/m/K |
13 | c, 1.2; //c, 1.6 |
3.5 | k1=1.8, k2=1.9, k3=2.1 |
38 | 1.9 ⊥z 2.1 // z |
1.5 ⊥c 1.4 //c |
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| Therm-optic coefficients: (dn/dT, / C,) |
X:1.1x10-5 Y:1.3x10-5 Z:1.6x10-5 |
o: -9.3 x 10-6 e: -16.6 x 10-6 |
X: -1.8x10-6 Y:-13.6x10-6 Z:(-6.3-2.1) x 10-6 |
o: -0.874x10-6 e: 39.073x10-6 |
| Crystals | GTR-KTP | BBO | LBO | KTA | BIBO | LiNbO3 | KD*P | AgGaS2 | RTP |
| T range | 350– 4500nm | 189-3500 nm | 155-3200nm | 350-5300nm | 286- 2500 nm | 420nm-5200 nm |
200-1600n m |
0.5÷12 m | 350~4500 nm |
| SHG range: | 1000-1800nm | 409-3400nm | 554-2600nm | 1075-1134nm | 574-2480nm | 1064-3700nm | 532-1498nm | 1038-3100 | |
| Nonlinear optical coefficients: (pm/V) |
d31=6.5 d32=5 d33=13.7 d24=7.6 d15=6.1 |
d11 = 2.2 d31 = 0.08 d22 < 0.05 x d11 |
d31 =1.05 d32 = -0.98 d 33 =0.05 |
d12=d14=2.3, d25=d36=2.4, d11=2.53, d13=-1.3, d35=-0.9, d26=2.8 |
d33 = 34.4 d31 = d15 = 5.95 d22 = 3.07 |
d36=0.40 | d36 = 13 | d15 = 2.0 d24 = 3.6 d33 = 8.3 |
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| Effective nonlinearity expressions |
deff(II)=(d24 -d15)sin2φ sin2θ-(d15 sin2θ+d24 cos2φ)sin2θ |
d ooe= d31 sinθ+(d11 cos3φ -d22 sin3φ)cosθ deoe= (d11 sin3φ+ d22 cos3φ)cos2θ |
d ooe =d 32 cosφ(in XY plane) doeo =d 31 cosθ (in YZ plane) |
deff(II)= (d24-d15) sin2φsin2θ -(d15sin2θ +d24cos2φ) sin2θ |
dooe= d31 sinθ - d22 cosθ deoe= d22 cos3φ) cos2θ |
dooe= d36 sinθsin2φ deoe= d36 sin2θcos2φ |
dooe= d36 sinθsin2φ deoe= d36 sin2θcos2φ |
deff(II)=(d24 -d15)sin2φ sin2θ-(d15 sin2θ+d24 cos2φ)sin2θ |
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| Electro-optic coefficients: (pm/V) |
13 =9.5 23 =15.7 33 =36.3 42 =7.3 51 =9.3 |
Y11 = 2.7 Y22, Y31 < 0.1 Y11 |
Y13=11.5 Y23=15.4 Y33=37.5 |
YT33= 32, YT31 =10 , YS31=8.6 YT22 = 6.8, YS22=3.4 |
r41=8.8 r63=25 |
Y13=10.6 Y23=12.5 Y33=38.5 |
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| Ab.coef.@1064 | α<50ppm | α<1000ppm | α<50ppm | α<1000ppm | α<1000ppm | α<1000ppm | α<1000ppm | α< 0.09/cm | α<500ppm |
| N @ 1064nm | nx=1.7377 ny=1.7453 nz=1.8297 |
ne = 1.5425, no = 1.6551 |
nx= 1.5656, ny= 1.5905, nz=1.6055 |
nx=1.782 ny=1.790, nz=1.868 |
n1=1.9166 n2=1.9166 n3=1.7835 |
Ne = 2.156, no = 2.232 |
no=1.4948, ne=1.4554 |
no= 2.4508 ne= 2.3966 |
nx=1.7424 ny=1.8211 nz=1.7905 |
| LDT (10 ns, 1064nm) |
8J/cm^2 | 13J/cm^2 | 25J/cm^2 | 8J/cm^2 | 3J/cm^2 | 2J/cm^2 | 10J/cm^2 | 5J @10.6 m | 8J/cm^2 |