Optical Crystal properties

α-BBO

High Temperature form BBO (α-BaB2O4) is a negative uniaxial crystal It has large birefringence over the bro

Calcite

Calcite is a negative uniaxial crystal that has high birefringence, wide spectral transmission and availability in sized rhombs

YVO4

The yttrium orthvanadate (YVO4) is a positiveuniaxial crystal grown with Czochralski method It has good temperatur

YAG

YAG is an excellent substrate and window material that can be used for both UV and IR optics It is particularly useful for