YVO4

Description: Yttrium orthovanadate (YVO4) is a positive uniaxial crystal grown with Czochralski method. It has a wide transparency range and larger birefringence, which make it widely used in many ap..

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YVO4

  Description: 

Yttrium orthovanadate (YVO4) is a positive uniaxial crystal grown with Czochralski method. It has a wide transparency range and larger birefringence, which make it widely used in many applications in particular fiber optics field. YVO4 is an excellent synthetic substitute for calcite and rutile crystal.
 
 Physical and Optical Properties:
Transparency range 
400~5000nm
Crystal symmetry 
Zircon tetragonal, space group D4h
Crystal cell
A=b=7.12, c=6.29
Density
4.22 g/cm2
Hygroscopic susceptibility
Non-hygroscopic
Mohs hardness
5 glass like
Thermal optical coefficient
Dna/dT=8.5x10-6/K; dnc/dT=3.0x10-6/K
Thermal conductivity coefficient
||C: 5.23 w/m/k; C:5.10w/m/k
Crystal class
Positive uniaxial with no=na=nb, ne=nc
Refractive indices, birefringence (Dn=ne-no) and walk-off angle at 45º(ρ)
No=1.9929,ne=2.2154,Dn=0.2225,ρ=6.04º,@ 630nm
No=1.9500,ne=2.1554,Dn=0.2054,ρ=5.72º,@ 1300nm
No=1.9447,ne=2.1486,Dn=0.2039,ρ=5.69º,@ 1550nm
Sellmeier equation (λ in μm)
no2=3.77834+0.069736/(λ2-0.04724)-0.0108133λ2ne2=24.5905+0.110534/(λ2-0.04813)-0.0122676λ2
 Specifications:
Diameter  
max. 25mm
Length
max. 30mm
Surface quality
20/10 scratch/dig
Beam deviation
<3 arc min
Optical axis orientation
+/-0.5º
Flatness
λ/4 @633nm
Transmission wavefront distortion
<λ/2 @633nm
Coating
upon customer's request