KTP

KTP is the most commonly used material for frequency doubling of Nd:YAG laser. It is an excellent nonlinear optical crystal suitable for a wide range of applications.

PRODUCT FEATURE & SPECIFICATIONS

PRODUCT FEATURE

Large nonlinear optical coefficient

Wide angular bandwidth and small walk-off angle

Broad temperature and spectral bandwidth

High electro-optic coefficient and low dielectric constant

Nonhydroscopic, chemically and mechanically stable



SPECIFICATIONS

Dimension Tolerance

(W±0.1mm)×(H±0.1mm)×(L±0.2mm/0.1mm)

Angle Tolerance

Δθ±0.2°Δφ±0.2°

Parallelism

30"

Perpendicularity

10′

Clear Aperture

≥Central 90% of the diameter

Surface Quality (Scratch/Dig)

20/10 (MIL-PRF-13830B)

Flatness

<λ/8@633nm

Transmitted Wavefront Distortion

λ/8@633nm

Anti-Reflection Coating

According to customer requirements

CHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL  PROPERTIES

Crystal Structure

Orthorhombic, Space group Pna21, Point group mm2

Lattice Parameter

a=12.81Å, b=6.404Å, c=10.616Å

Melting Point

About 1172

Mohs Hardness

5

Density

3.01g/cm3

Thermal Conductivity

13W/mK

Thermal Expansion Coefficients

ax=11×10-6/, ay=9×10-6/0C,  az=0.6×10-6/

OPTICAL AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL  PROPERTIES

Transparency Range

350~4500nm

SHG Phase Matchable Range

497~1800nm  (Type II)

Therm-optic Coefficient ( λ in μm)

dnx/dT=1.1×10-5

dny/dT=1.3×10-5

dnz/dT=1.6×10-5

Absorption Coefficients

<0.1%/cm at  1064nm    <1%/cm at 532nm

For Type II SHG of a Nd:YAG laser at  1064nm

Temperature Acceptance: 24·cm

Spectral Acceptance: 0.56nm·cm

Angular Acceptance: 14.2mrad·cm  (φ);  55.3mrad·cm(θ)

Walk-off Angle: 0.55°

NLO Coefficients

deff(II)≈(d24- d15)sin2φsin2θ;-  (d15sin2φ+ d24cos2φ)sinθ

Non-vanished NLO Susceptibilities

d31=6.5 pm/V  d24=7.6  pm/V

d32= 5pm/V  d15=6.1  pm/V

d33=13.7 pm/V

Sellmeier Equations (λ in μm)

nx2=3.0065+0.03901/(l 2-0.04251)-0.01327λ2

ny2=3.0333+0.04154/(l 2-0.04547)-0.01408λ2

nz2=3.3134+0.05694/(l 2-0.05658)-0.01682λ2