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Two transparent BBO laser crystals in square shape glass only

BBO Crystals

Wavelength range

190 – 2500 nm

Aperture dimensions

Ø1 – 25 mm

Orientation accuracy of cut angle

<30 arcmin

Surface quality, S-D

10-5

Transmitted wavefront distortion, P-V

<λ/8 @ 632.8 nm

AR Coatings

AR, BBAR, single
layer protective

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BBO – Nonlinear laser crystal

Features of nonlinear BBO (ẞ-BaB2O4) crystals include wide transparency and wide phase matching ranges, large non-linear coefficient, high damage threshold, and excellent optical homogeneity.

Therefore, BBO provides an attractive solution for various non-linear optical applications like OPO, OPA, OPCPA and others. As a result of large thermal acceptance bandwidth, high damage threshold and small absorption BBO well suits for frequency conversion of high peak or average power laser radiation.

Large spectral transmission range as well as phase matching, especially in UV range, makes BBO perfectly suitable for frequency doubling of Dye, Arion and Copper vapour laser radiation, effective cascade harmonic generation (Frequency doublers, triplers, parametric amplifiers and wave mixers) of wide spread Nd:YAG as well as of Ti:Sapphire and Alexandrite laser radiation.

Both Type 1 (oo-e) and Type 2 (eo-e) phase-matching angles can be obtained, increasing the number of advantages for different applications.

Features:

  • Broad transparency range from 190 nm to 2.5 µm
  • High optical homogeneity
  • Relatively large effective SHG coefficient (about six times that of KDP)
  • 410 nm – 2.5 µm phase-matching range for Type I SHG
  • 530 nm – 2.5 µm phase-matching range for Type II SHG

 

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Comparison of bulk damage threshold (@1064 nm, 1.3 ns)
Crystals Energy fluence (J/cm²) Power density (GW/cm²)
KTP 6.0 4.6
KDP 10.9 8.4
BBO 12.9 9.9
LBO 24.6 18.9

Applications:

  • Harmonic generation of high peak power pulsed Nd doped, Ti:Sapphire, Neodymium-doped gain material lasers, frequency doubling of dye and Alexandrite lasers
  • 5HG generation of Nd:YAG lasers at 213 nm.
  • Widely tunable OPO, OPA, OPCPA of both Type I and Type II phase matching

 

Application notes:

  • Thin crystals for ultrafast application

Ultrathin crystals are desired for all frequency conversions below 10 fs pulses. However, due to mechanical properties of BBO, thinner than 50 µm free-standing pieces are not available. Altechna offers a configuration where ultrathin (starting from 5 µm) BBO crystal is optically contacted on thin fused silica plate. Please contact us for more details.

  • Available coatings
    • Multi-layer dielectric laser line, dual-band or broad-band AR coatings
    • Single-layer protective coatings (P-coating) to protect polished surfaces from fogging due to ambient moisture.
Recommended BBO crystal length (mm)
Application (T = 300 K) \ Pulse duration, fs 10 50 100 150 300
SHG @ 1030 nm, Type 1, Ɵ=23.4°, Φ=90° 0.1 0.5 1 1.5 2
SHG @ 800 nm, Type 1, Ɵ=29.2°, Φ=90° 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1

MEASURED LIDT VALUES 

Typical Items

BBO crystals for Yb:KGW/KYW lasers

Clear Aperture, mm


Length, mm


Orientation Θ/φ, °


AR coatings S1/S2, nm


Application, nm


Product ID
6x6 0.5 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0605-2
6x6 1 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0610-2
6x6 1.5 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0615-2
6x6 2 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0620-2
8x8 0.5 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0805-2
8x8 1 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0810-2
8x8 1.5 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0815-2
8x8 2 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-0820-2
10x10 0.5 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-1005-2
10x10 1 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-1010-2
10x10 1.5 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-1015-2
10x10 2 23.4/90 515+1030/515+1030 SHG @ 1030 4-BBO-1020-2

MEASURED LIDT VALUES 

Disclaimer

Laser induced damage threshold (LIDT) measurements are performed on actual components produced by Altechna. Individual component’s LIDT depends on multiple parameters (substrate material, polishing batch, coating batch, storage conditions, etc). The damage threshold value reached for the above individual components should be used for reference only but it is not guaranteed for all optics. LIDT reports for a coating batch can be ordeder upon request.


MEASURED LIDT VALUES 

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