Birefringent Crystals

LaserOptec specializes in the production of optical crystals, including laser crystals, nonlinear crystals, magneto-optical crystals, birefringent crystals, acousto-optical crystals, electro-optical crystals etc.

  • YVO4
    YVO4
  • α-BBO
    α-BBO

YVO4:
The Yttrium Orthovanadate (YVO4) is a positive uniaxial crystal grown with Czochralski method. It has good temperature stability and physical and mechanical properties. It is ideal for optical polarizing components because of its wide transparency range and large birefringence. It is an excellent synthetic substitute for Calcite (CaCO3) and Rutile (TiO2) crystals in many applications including fiber optic isolators and circulators, interleavers, beam displacers and other polarizing optics(refer to table 1).

α-BBO:
α-BBO (α-BaB2O4) is a negative uniaxial crystal which has large birefringence over a broad transparent range of 190nm to 3500nm. α-BBO is an excellent crystal especially in UV and high power applications.