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Potassium Niobate ( KNbO3 )
Crystal properties
Symmetry
Orthorhombic
Point group
2 mm (@ temperature fromm –50°C to 222 ± 4°C)
Lattice Parameters
A = 5.68961 ÅB = 3.9692 ÅC = 5.7256 Å
Thermal Expansion.
Aa = 5.010 x 10-6/°CAb = 1.410 x 10-5/°CAc = 5.010 x 10-7/°C
Density
4.62 g/cm³
Hardness (Mohs)
5
Phase Transition Temperature
-50 °C; 220°C; 430°C
Transsparent Range
400 – 4500 nm
Absorption loss
£ 1 %/cm @ 1064 nm
Damage threshold
³ 4 J/cm² @ 527 nm (500 ps, single pulse)³ 6 J/cm² @1054 nm (700 ps, single pulse)
Principal Axes Û Crystallographic Axes
x Û c, y Û a, z Û b( ie. Nb> na> nc )
Typical Refractive Index
na (ny)
nb (nz)
nc (nx)
430 nm
2.4145
2.4974
2.2771
532 nm
2.3223
2.3813
2.2022
860 nm
2.2372
2.2784
2.1338
1064
2.2195
2.2576
2.1194
Sellmeier Equations: ( l in mm)
nx2 = 4.4208 + 0.10044 /(l2 – 0.054084) – 0.019592 l2
ny2 = 4.8355 + 0.12839 /(l2 – 0.056342) – 0.025379 l2
nx2 = 4.9873 + 0.15149 /(l2 – 0.064143) – 0.028775 l2