LiNbO3 Crystal has unique electro-optical, piezoelectric, photoelastic and nonlinear optical properties. They are strongly birefringent. They are used in laserfrequency doubling, nonlinear optics, Pockels cells, optical parametric oscillators, Q-switching devices for lasers, other acousto-opticdevices, optical switches for gigahertz frequencies, etc. It is an excellent material for manufacture of optical waveguides, etc. 

  Usually LiNbO3 wafer is indexed as X cut, Y cut or Z cut with trigonal structure, it also can be indexed with hexagonal structure. Conversion from the trigonal -index system to hexagonal as [u ' v ' w ' ] ---> [u v t w] is accomplished by the following formulas:

• X-cut (110) =  (11-20) or (22-40)     XRD 2theta is 36.56 or 77.73 degrees
• Y-cut  (010) = (10-10),(20-20) or (30-30）XRD 2theta is 20.86,42.46,65.83 degrees.
• For typical physical and optical properties of LiNbO3 crystal, please click here.
• For MSDS, please click here.
• For stoichiometric LiNbO3 properties, please click here.
• For The XRD Data of LiNbO3,please click here.