YCOB Crystals
Outstanding Nonlinear Optical Properties: YCOB exhibits a nonlinear optical coefficient equivalent to that of BBO and LBO crystals, making it highly effective for nonlinear optical applications.
Large Aperture and High Damage Threshold: With a sizable aperture and a high damage threshold in the femtosecond regime (approximately 2000-2500 GW/cm2), YCOB is capable of handling high-power laser applications.
Wide Acceptance Angle and Small Dispersion Angle: YCOB’s wide acceptance angle and small dispersion angle make it ideal for precise and efficient laser beam manipulation.
Stable Thermal and Chemical Properties: YCOB boasts stable thermal and chemical properties, with significantly less thermal expansion than LBO, and non-deliquescent characteristics, ensuring long-term reliability in various environments.
Excellent Machining Properties: YCOB crystals are easy to machine, allowing for precise shaping and sizing to meet specific application requirements.
Applications: High-Power Lasers, Parametric Nonlinear Processing, Optical Frequency Multiplication, etc.
Yttrium Calcium Oxoborate (YCa4O(BO3)3, YCOB) crystals are a remarkable material known for their exceptional nonlinear optical and high-temperature piezoelectric properties. As a novel NLO crystal material, YCOB offers a unique combination of features that make it highly suitable for a wide range of applications.
Specifications:
| Thickness Tolerance | +/-0.05mm |
| Orientation Tolerance | <0.5 degree |
| Flatness | less than λ/8 @ 633nm |
| Transmitting Wavefront Distortion | less than λ/4 @ 633nm |
| Chamfer | ≤0.2mmx45° |
| Chip | / |
| Surface Quality | better than 10/5 S/D (MIL-PRF-13830B) |
| Parallelism | ≤30 arc seconds |
| Perpendicularity | ≤5 arc minutes |
| Clear Aperture | >90% |
Features:
- Outstanding Nonlinear Optical Properties: YCOB exhibits a nonlinear optical coefficient equivalent to that of BBO and LBO crystals, making it highly effective for nonlinear optical applications.
- Large Aperture and High Damage Threshold: With a sizable aperture and a high damage threshold in the femtosecond regime (approximately 2000-2500 GW/cm2), YCOB is capable of handling high-power laser applications.
- Wide Acceptance Angle and Small Dispersion Angle: YCOB’s wide acceptance angle and small dispersion angle make it ideal for precise and efficient laser beam manipulation.
- Stable Thermal and Chemical Properties: YCOB boasts stable thermal and chemical properties, with significantly less thermal expansion than LBO, and non-deliquescent characteristics, ensuring long-term reliability in various environments.
- Excellent Machining Properties: YCOB crystals are easy to machine, allowing for precise shaping and sizing to meet specific application requirements.
Applications:
- High-Power Lasers: YCOB is an important candidate for frequency shifting in high-average power lasers, enabling efficient and precise laser output.
- Parametric Nonlinear Processing: YCOB crystals are suitable for various parametric nonlinear processing techniques, such as Second Harmonic Generation, Third Harmonic Generation, OPO/OPA, and Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification (OPCPA).
- Optical Frequency Multiplication: YCOB crystals hold promising prospects for applications in blue-green light and UV band optical frequency multiplication, enhancing the capabilities of optical systems.
Kingwin Optics offers high-quality YCOB crystals with a maximum diameter of 100mm. These crystals are grown using the Czochralski method, which allows for faster growth rates and lower costs compared to other growth techniques. Custom specifications for the YCOB crystals are available upon request, ensuring that customers can obtain the exact crystal dimensions and properties required for their specific applications. With their exceptional properties and versatility, Kingwin Optics’ YCOB crystals are an ideal choice for a wide range of nonlinear optical and high-temperature piezoelectric applications.
