Optical Litao3 (Lithium Tantalate) Crystal Lens for Optical Instrument
LiTaO3 is an E-O crystal widely used for E-O devices, due to its good optical NLO and E-O properties, as well as high damage threshold. CASTECH supplies high quality LiTaO3 boules and wafers with the following specifications for standard applications. We can also offer other specifications upon request.
Lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) is a perovskite which possesses unique optical, piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties which make it valuable for nonlinear optics, passive infrared sensorssuch as motion detectors, terahertz generation and detection, surface acoustic waveapplications, cell phones and possibly pyroelectric nuclear fusion. Considerable information is available from commercial sources about this salt.
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Basic Properties of LiTaO3:
Crystal Structure | Trigonal, Space group R3c, Point group 3m |
Cell Parameters | a=5.154Å,c=13.781Å |
Melting Point | 1650℃ |
Curie Temperature | 607℃ |
Mohs Hardness | 5.5 |
Density | 7.46g/cm3 |
Dielectric Constants | ε11/ε0:51.7 |
ε33/ε0:44.5 | |
Elastic Stiffness Coefficients | CE11:2.33(×1011N/m2) |
CE33:2.77(×1011N/m2) | |
Piezoelectric Strain Constants | d22:2.4(×10-11C/N) |
d33:0.8(×10-11C/N) | |
Transmission range | 400-4500nm |
Electro-optical coefficients | r33=30.4pm/V |
Refractive index at 632.8nm | no=2.176,ne=2.180 |
Typical Specifications
Specifications | Boule | Wafer | ||
Diameter | Φ3'' | Φ4'' | Φ3'' | Φ4'' |
Length or Thickness (mm) | ≤100 | ≤50 | 0.35-0.5 | |
Orientation | 127.86°Y,64°Y,135°Y,X,Y,Z, and other cut | |||
Ref.Flat Orientation | X,Y | |||
Ref.Flat Length | 22±2mm | 32±2mm | 22±2mm | 32±2mm |
Front Side polishing | / | Mirror polished 5-15 Å | ||
Back Side Lapping | / | 0.3-1.0μm | ||
Flatness (μm) | / | ≤15 | ||
Bow (μm) | / | ≤25 |
Crystro can offer other size and specification of wafers upon request.