lithium niobateLiNbO3
PPLN Λ = 6.82 µm · 1064 → 532 nm · 2 px/µm
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Second-order nonlinear optical coefficients

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d (SHG) pm/V; one row per independent component
d222.02.53.0Crystal Technology [V]Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Zhu et al. [S]4 records, span 0.90d31−505Crystal Technology [V]Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Zhu et al. [S]4 records, span 11.0d33−2502550Crystal Technology [V]Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Volk & Wöhlecke [P-comp]Zhu et al. [S]4 records, span 75.0

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3 variants
ValueUnitVariantConditionsFrameSourceLocatorStatus
d22 3, d31 −5, d33 −33pm/VCongruent LiNbO3 (CLN)λ 1060 nmcrystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetryCrystal Technology, Inc. (1999)–V
Pre-Shoji scale.
d22 3, d31 6, d33 34pm/VCongruent LiNbO3 (CLN)fundamental 1.06 um; λ 1060 nmcrystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetryVolk & Wöhlecke, Springer Series in Materials Science 115 (2009)
original: Nikogosyan 2005
Table 1.2, p. 4P-comp
Legacy (pre-Shoji 1997) scale; the Shoji et al. 1997 abstract states that many accepted standard values are overestimated. Kleinman symmetry assumed for the form (d15 = d31). Signs as listed (magnitudes).
d22 2.5, d31 5, d33 42pm/VStoichiometric or near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 (SLN)
near-stoichiometric
fundamental 1.06 um; λ 1060 nmcrystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetryVolk & Wöhlecke, Springer Series in Materials Science 115 (2009)
original: Nikogosyan 2005
Table 1.2, p. 4P-comp
Legacy scale.
d22 2.1, d31 −4.3, d33 −27pm/VComposition not statedλ 1064 nmcrystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetryZhu et al., Advances in Optics and Photonics 13 242-352 (2021)Table 1S
No reference given in the review table; scale not stated.

Congruent LiNbO3 (CLN)

V
d22 3, d31 −5, d33 −33pm/V
λ 1060 nm

Frame crystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetry

Pre-Shoji scale.

Crystal Technology, Inc. (1999)

Congruent LiNbO3 (CLN)

P-comp
d22 3, d31 6, d33 34pm/V
fundamental 1.06 um; λ 1060 nm

Frame crystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetry

Legacy (pre-Shoji 1997) scale; the Shoji et al. 1997 abstract states that many accepted standard values are overestimated. Kleinman symmetry assumed for the form (d15 = d31). Signs as listed (magnitudes).

Volk & Wöhlecke, Springer Series in Materials Science 115 (2009), Table 1.2, p. 4original: Nikogosyan 2005

Stoichiometric or near-stoichiometric LiNbO3 (SLN)near-stoichiometric

P-comp
d22 2.5, d31 5, d33 42pm/V
fundamental 1.06 um; λ 1060 nm

Frame crystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetry

Legacy scale.

Volk & Wöhlecke, Springer Series in Materials Science 115 (2009), Table 1.2, p. 4original: Nikogosyan 2005

Composition not stated

S
d22 2.1, d31 −4.3, d33 −27pm/V
λ 1064 nm

Frame crystal-physics; x: a axis, perpendicular to a mirror plane; z: polar c axis; sign convention unstated; +z: not stated in this record; tensor form matches this frame by symmetry

No reference given in the review table; scale not stated.

Zhu et al., Advances in Optics and Photonics 13 242-352 (2021), Table 1

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