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Saturday, September 06, 2008
Lithium Niobate
In the gemstone world, lithium niobate is perceived as a diamond simulant + the colors range from yellow, blue, red, green, violet and colorless + the stones are grown using the Czochralski process + due to its unique electro-optical, photoelastic, piezoelectric and non-linear properties, it's used extensively in the telecoms market, e.g. in mobile telephones and optical modulators.
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