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3 The main application of lithium tantalate crystal3.3 E-O Q-SwitchThe basis of laser Q-switched technology is a special optical component - a fast intracavity optical switch generally called Q-switch. The Q value is an indicator for evaluating the quality of the optical resonant cavity. The higher the Q value, the lower the required pump threshold and the easier it is for the laser to oscillate. The purpose of laser Q-switching technology is to compress the pulse width and increase the peak power.

In 1962, the American scientist McClung F J reported for the first time that the silver mirror of the ruby laser resonator had hole burning damage, which was the first public report on the laser damage of optical components. The subsequent invention of Q-switching technology and mode-locking technology increased the peak power of laser pulses by several orders of magnitude. The problem of laser damage runs through and affects the design and operation of lasers, and promotes the development of optical materials and optical component manufacturing technologies.

IntroductionLithium tantalate (LiTaO3, referred to as LT), as an excellent multifunctional crystal material, has good piezoelectric, electro-optical and pyroelectric properties, and is ideal for making surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters, resonators, tuners, Q switches and pyroelectric detectors. Devices made from LT crystal (www.wisoptic.com) are widely used in the automotive electronics, 5G communications and infrared detectors, and have broad market prospects.In 1965, Ballman used the pulling method to grow LT single crystal for the first time.

2.3 Lithium tantalate single crystal filmAfter the 1980s, thin film preparation technology has developed rapidly. Currently, the commonly used preparation technologies of lithium tantalate single crystal (www.wisoptic.com) thin film mainly include chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition, magnetron sputtering and sol-gel method.The chemical vapor deposition method synthesizes a thin film on a substrate through a chemical reaction and accurately controls the chemical composition of the product. It has the characteristics of low stress and good quality.

Conclusion Lithium tantalate material has a large pyroelectric coefficient, high Curie temperature, small dielectric loss factor, low heat melt per unit volume, small relative dielectric constant, and stable performance. It is a good ferroelectric and piezoelectric material. It also has extraordinary properties. Because of its linear optical properties, lithium tantalate (LT crystal, www.wisoptic.com) has gradually become a popular material used in communications, electronics and other fields.

2. Theoretical analysis2.1 Temperature robustnessTemperature robustness refers to the stability of the frequency-doubled crystal with respect to temperature. Specifically, when the temperature fluctuates, the power of the frequency-doubled light will not be greatly affected. The influence of temperature on the frequency doubling process mainly comes from the influence on the phase mismatch.

3 The main application of lithium tantalate crystal3.4 Pyroelectric detectorTo detect targets, pyroelectric detectors generally exchange heat with the outside environment through three methods: thermal convection, thermal conduction and thermal radiation. The working principle is: electrons are adsorbed on the surface of the pyroelectric material, and the surface is neutral; the temperature of the material surface changes when heated, and the electric dipole moment of the material changes; in order to keep the surface of the material neutral, the surface releases charges.

1.3 Doping of Lithium Tantalate CrystalDifferent fields have different requirements for the properties of lithium tantalate crystals. When being used to prepare high-density and large-capacity holographic information storage devices, LiTaO3 crystals need to have excellent photorefractive properties. Due to the particularity of the crystal structure of LiTaO3, its physical properties can be adjusted through doping, for example, the widely used photorefractive doping.

1.2 Near-stoichiometric Lithium Tantalate Crystal Most of the lithium tantalate crystals currently used are grown from melts with the same composition ratio, which is generally called the same composition lithium tantalate (CLT). However, large number of defects affect the physical properties of the CLT crystal, so researchers have conducted study on near-stoichiometric lithium tantalate (NSLT) with less material defects and better physical properties.

1. 2   ~ 2.3 μm laser crystals doped with Tm3+ Compared with the 2 μm band (3F4 → 3H6) of Tm3+, the 2.3 μm laser operation based on the 3H4 → 3H5 transition of the Tm3+ doped laser medium has the following advantages: (1) ~790 nm LD is directly pumped to the upper energy level of the laser. Tm3+ has a strong absorption around 790 nm (directly corresponding to the 3H4 → 3H6 transition), which can match the emission wavelength of the current mature commercial AlGaAs LD, so as to realize high-performance LD pumping all-solid-state high-efficiency 2.3 μm laser operation.