Birefringent Crystal Calcite
Overview:
Calcite is a negative uniaxial crystal that has high birefringence, wide spectral transmission and availability in reasonably sized rhombs.
Although is a fairly soft crystal and is easily scratched, it is an ideal material used as visible and near IR polarizers, such as Glan Thompson, and Glan Taylor, Glan laser polarizer.
General Specifications Of Calcite:
Dimension Tolerance |
±0.1mm |
Optical Axis Orientation |
±0.5deg |
Surface Quality |
20/10 Scratch and Dig |
Clear Aperture |
>90% |
Surface Flatness |
<λ/4@633nm |
Wavefront Distortion |
<λ/2@633nm |
Parallelism |
<15 arc seconds |
Perpendicularity |
<10 arc minutes |
AR Coating |
Per your Request |
Physical and Optical Properties of Calcite:
Crystal Structure |
Crystalline rhombihedral |
Density |
2.7 g/cm3 |
Mohs Hardness |
3 |
Hygroscopic Susceptibility |
Low |
Transparency Range |
350nm ~ 2300nm |
Thermal Expansion Coefficient |
aa=24.39x10-6/K |
ac=5.68x10-6/K |
Crystal Class |
Negative uniaxial with no=na=nb, ne=nc |
Refractive Index
Birefringence (Δn=ne-no)
Walk-Off Angle at 45deg(ρ)
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no=1.6557, ne=1.4852, Δn= -0.1705, ρ=6.32 @633nm
no=1.6381, ne=1.4783, Δn= -0.1598, ρ=6.20 @1300nm
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Sellmeier Equations (λ in um) |
no2=2.69705+0.0192064/(λ2-0.01820)-0.0151624λ2
ne2=2.18438+0.0087309/(λ2-0.01018)-0.0024411λ2 |
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