BBO Pockels Cells
BBO Pockels Cells are well suited and widely employed in high average power laser applications.

BBO Pockels Cells offers the following features:
  • Broad transmission range: 200 - 2000nm
  • Low absorption
  • Minimal piezoelectric ringing
  • Available in compact sizes
  • High power capability
  • Good temperature stability
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BBO Pockels Cells - Properties
Advatech can supplying a range of high performance and ‘ready to use’ BBO Pockels Cells with aperture of 2.5mm and 3.5mm.

Custom variants are possible.
Parameter Units Value
Aperture Diameter mm 2.5mm

3.5mm
Quarter-Wave Voltage kV 3.6

4.8
Intrinsic Contrast @1064nm >1000:1
Optical Transmission % >98
Repetition ratio kHz <100
Damage Threshold (1ns pulses) MW/cm2 >500
Damage Threshold (CW Power) kW/cm2 >3
Wavefront Distortion <λ/8
Capacitance (Typical) pF 3
Electrical Contacts Miniature
Banana Plus
Size:
Diameter mm 25.4
Length 50.7
KTP / S-KTP Crystal - Sellmeier Equations
nx2=3.0065+0.03901/(λ2-0.04251)-0.01327λ2

ny2=3.0333+0.04154/(λ2-0.04547)-0.01408λ2

nz2=3.0065+0.05694/(λ2-0.05658)-0.01682λ2
KTP / S-KTP Crystal - Common Configurations
Application/
Operation		 Input
nm		 Output
nm
 Theta Phi
SHG (Type II) @1064nm (Nd:YAG) 1064 532 90 23.5
OPO (X-Cut) @1064nm (Nd:YAG) 1064 1570/

3300		 90 0