20-100μm Ultra Thin LiTaO3 Wafers
Ultra-Thin Thickness: The 20-100 μm thickness range enables seamless integration into compact and high-density devices, reducing overall system size and weight.
Enhanced Piezoelectric Effect: LiTaO3 exhibits a strong piezoelectric response, allowing for efficient energy conversion between mechanical and electrical forms. This makes it ideal for high-sensitivity sensors, actuators, and resonators.
High Optical Quality: With low optical absorption and scattering, ultra-thin LiTaO3 wafers maintain excellent optical transparency, supporting a broad range of optical applications.
Temperature Stability: Compared to other piezoelectric materials, LiTaO3 demonstrates good temperature stability, ensuring reliable performance under varying environmental conditions.
Excellent Acoustic Properties: Its high acoustic velocity and low attenuation make LiTaO3 wafers suitable for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices operating at high frequencies.
Surface Flatness and Smoothness: Kingwin Optics’ manufacturing processes ensure a high degree of surface flatness and smoothness, critical for precise device fabrication and performance.
Applications: Piezoelectric Devices, Optical Devices, Microelectronics, Research and Development, etc.
Kingwin Optics, renowned for its advanced optical materials, presents its ultra-thin LiTaO3 (Lithium Tantalate) wafers ranging in thickness from 20 to 100 micrometers. LiTaO3, a versatile piezoelectric material, combines exceptional physical properties with high precision manufacturing, making it an ideal choice for a wide array of applications in photonics, microelectronics, and sensing technologies.
Specification:
Diameter | 3, 4 inches |
Orientation | X, Y, Z, etc. |
Material | LiTaO3 |
Thickness | 20-100μm |
Surface | Single-side or double-side polished |
Detailed Advantages
- Ultra-Thin Thickness: The 20-100 μm thickness range enables seamless integration into compact and high-density devices, reducing overall system size and weight.
- Enhanced Piezoelectric Effect: LiTaO3 exhibits a strong piezoelectric response, allowing for efficient energy conversion between mechanical and electrical forms. This makes it ideal for high-sensitivity sensors, actuators, and resonators.
- High Optical Quality: With low optical absorption and scattering, ultra-thin LiTaO3 wafers maintain excellent optical transparency, supporting a broad range of optical applications.
- Temperature Stability: Compared to other piezoelectric materials, LiTaO3 demonstrates good temperature stability, ensuring reliable performance under varying environmental conditions.
- Excellent Acoustic Properties: Its high acoustic velocity and low attenuation make LiTaO3 wafers suitable for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices operating at high frequencies.
- Surface Flatness and Smoothness: Kingwin Optics’ manufacturing processes ensure a high degree of surface flatness and smoothness, critical for precise device fabrication and performance.
Applications:
1. Piezoelectric Devices:
- High-Frequency Resonators: Utilized in filters, oscillators, and timing devices for telecommunications, radar systems, and electronic test equipment.
- Sensors and Actuators: Employed in pressure sensors, accelerometers, and micro-positioning systems due to their sensitivity to mechanical stimuli.
- SAW Devices: Ideal for RF filters, delay lines, and signal processors in mobile phones, wireless networks, and satellite communications.
2. Optical Devices:
- Acousto-Optic Modulators: Used in laser systems for beam steering, frequency shifting, and intensity modulation.
- Optical Waveguides: Thin LiTaO3 wafers can serve as substrates for the fabrication of integrated optical waveguides and devices.
- Nonlinear Optics: Although primarily known for its piezoelectric properties, LiTaO3 also exhibits nonlinear optical effects, opening possibilities for frequency conversion and parametric amplification.
3. Microelectronics:
- MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems): Integrated into micro-mirrors, switches, and other micro-scale mechanical components.
- Capacitors and Varactors: Leveraged in RF circuits for tunable capacitance and frequency control.
4. Research and Development:
- Material Science: Used as test substrates for studying surface phenomena, thin-film growth, and device physics.
- Quantum Technologies: Explored for potential applications in quantum sensing, computing, and communication due to its unique properties.
Kingwin Optics’ 20-100 μm ultra-thin LiTaO3 wafers offer a unique combination of piezoelectric, optical, and mechanical properties, making them invaluable in various industries. From high-precision sensing and actuation to advanced optical and microelectronic devices, these wafers enable the development of innovative solutions that push the boundaries of technology.