Lithium Triborate, LiB3O5, or LBO-- all the same to me, but let's be friends, just call me LBO. I am an outstanding crystal for nonlinear optics, the best of my type. But why am I special, so special? It probably has something to do with the lithium. And, GAMDAN Optics has the best performing LBOs, period.

Walkoff is different in different situations and with different materials.  Second harmonic generation (SHG) and third harmonic generation (THG) can be accomplished in LBO and with other materials.  For example, we could use one LBO SHG crystal and one LBO THG crystal.  If we have beams with high peak powers then we can use short crystals.  However to boost the efficiency of the THG process, we often want to make the crystals much longer.  Read on for more about walkoff problems and compensation.

GAMDAN’s proprietary UV-grade superpolishing process (having achieved record setting Laser Induced Damage Threshold (LIDT)), and high LIDT coatings enable you to get the most out of your laser design, whether you generate doubled or tripled frequency light.