PPLN Λ = 6.82 µm · 1064 → 532 nm · 2 px/µm
lithium niobate / Data / lattice-a

Lattice constant a (hexagonal setting)

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a Å; one row per variant and wavelength
CLN5.15005.15055.1510Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Crystal Technology [V]2 records, span 0.00100SLN5.105.15Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]1 recordunspecified5.1485.1495.150Hsu et al. [P-db]Crystallography Open Database (2026) [P-db]Ohgaki et al. [P-db]Weis & Gaylord [P]4 records, span 0.0022

Each mark is one record; bars are stated ranges, whiskers stated uncertainties. Filled marks: P, P-comp, P-db; hollow: S, V, C, P(abs). Hover a mark for its source. Each row has its own axis; no mean or fit is drawn.

Records

3 variants
ValueUnitVariantConditionsFrameSourceLocatorStatus
5.15
default record
ÅCongruent LiNbO3 (CLN)T room temperature–Volk & Wöhlecke, Springer Series in Materials Science 115 (2009)
original: Furukawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1816 (1999)
Table 1.1, p. 3 (515.0 pm)P-comp
5.151ÅCongruent LiNbO3 (CLN)
48.38 mol% Li2O
––Crystal Technology, Inc. (1999)–V
5.147
default record
ÅStoichiometric or near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 (SLN)
near-stoichiometric
T room temperature–Volk & Wöhlecke, Springer Series in Materials Science 115 (2009)
original: Furukawa et al., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 38, 1816 (1999)
Table 1.1, p. 3 (514.7 pm)P-comp
5.148
default record
ÅComposition not statedmethod synchrotron X-ray diffraction; T 293 K (COD CIF)–Hsu et al., Acta Crystallographica Section B 53 420 (1997)COD 2101845P-db
Same value as W. L. Bond quoted in Weis & Gaylord 1985 p. 193 (P-comp).
5.14829ÅComposition not stated
1966 crystal, composition not stated
method single-crystal neutron diffraction; T 24 °C–Crystallography Open Database (2026)
original: Abrahams, Hamilton, Reddy, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 27, 1013 (1966), part 4, DOI 10.1016/0022-3697(66)90073-4
COD 1541936P-db
5.1502ÅComposition not stated––Ohgaki et al., Mineralogical Journal 16 150 (1992)COD 1544665P-db
5.15ÅComposition not stated––Weis & Gaylord, Applied Physics A 37 191-203 (1985)
derived: calculated in the source from c = 13.863 A and rho = 4628 kg/m^3
p. 194P

Congruent LiNbO3 (CLN)48.38 mol% Li2O

V
5.151Å
conditions not stated
Crystal Technology, Inc. (1999)

Composition not stated1966 crystal, composition not stated

P-db
5.14829Å
method single-crystal neutron diffraction; T 24 °C
Crystallography Open Database (2026), COD 1541936original: Abrahams, Hamilton, Reddy, J. Phys. Chem. Solids 27, 1013 (1966), part 4, DOI 10.1016/0022-3697(66)90073-4

Composition not stated

P-db
5.1502Å
conditions not stated
Ohgaki et al., Mineralogical Journal 16 150 (1992), COD 1544665

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