BBO CRYSTAL

BBO - Beta-Barium-Borate crystal combines wide transparency range, large nonlinear coupling, wide thermal acceptance bandwidth, high laser damage threshold and good mechanical properties. It is typically used for second harmonic generation (SHG) from UV to about 2.1 m; broadly tunable optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) and amplifiers (OPAs); autocorrelation systems.

Maximum available size: 50 mm Dia x 70 mm thick.

Main Properties

Chemical Formula

b-BaB2O4

Crystal Symmetry

Hexagonal

Lattice Constants, Å

a=12.532
b= 12.717

Density, g/cm3 at 293 K

3.84

Transmission Range, m

0.19-3.3

Nonlinear Optical Coefficients, pm/V
d11
d31


2.3
0.07d11

Hardness (Mohs)

4

Optical Damage Threshold
at 532 nm, 15 ns, GW/cm2

5.4

Refractive Index

l, nm

no

ne

1064

1.6551

1.5425

532

1.6749

1.5555

334

1.7055

1.5775

266

1.7570

1.6146

213

1.8470

1.6746