LiNbO₃ ʻAʻole i loaʻa ma ke ʻano he mineral maoli. Ua hōʻike mua ʻia ke ʻano kristal o nā kristal lithium niobate (LN) e Zachariasen i ka makahiki 1928. I ka makahiki 1955 ua hāʻawi ʻo Lapitskii lāua ʻo Simanov i nā ʻāpana lattice o nā ʻōnaehana hexagonal a me trigonal o LN crystal e ka X-ray powder diffraction analysis. I ka makahiki 1958, hāʻawi ʻo Reisman lāua ʻo Holtzberg i ka pseudoelement o Li₂O-Nb₂O₅ ma ka hoʻomāmā ʻana, ka nānā ʻana i ka diffraction X-ray a me ke ana ʻana.

Hōʻike ke kiʻikuhi pae i ka Li₃NbO₄, LiNbO₃, LiNb₃O₈ a me Li₂Nb₂₈O₇₁ pau loa hiki ke hana ia mai Li₂O-Nb₂O₅. Ma muli o ka hoʻomākaukau aniani a me nā waiwai waiwai, ʻo LiNbO wale nō₃ ua aʻo nui ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia. E like me ke kānāwai maʻamau o ka inoa kemika, LithiumNiobate e Li₃NbO₄, a me LiNbO₃ Pono e kapa ʻia ʻo Lithium Metaniobate. I ka wā mua, ʻo LiNbO₃ ua kapa ʻia ʻo Lithium Metaniobate kristal, akā, no ka LN kristal me ʻekolu pae paʻa ʻē aʻes ʻaʻole i aʻo nui ʻia, i kēia manawa ʻo LiNbO₃ ʻo ia aneane e kahea hou ia Lithium Metniobate, akā ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia Lithium Niopate.

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ʻAʻole kūlike ka helu hoʻoheheʻe hui o ka wai a me nā mea paʻa o ka kristal LN me kāna ratio stoichiometric. Hiki ke ulu maʻalahi nā kristal hoʻokahi kiʻekiʻe me nā ʻāpana like o ke poʻo a me ka huelo ma ke ʻano hoʻoheheʻe crystallization wale nō ke hoʻohana ʻia nā mea like me ke kahua paʻa a me ka pae wai. No laila, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia nā kristal LN me ka waiwai paʻa paʻa-wai eutectic kikoʻī maikaʻi. ʻO nā kristal LN maʻamau ʻaʻole i haʻi ʻia e pili ana i ka poʻe me ka haku like, a ʻo ka ʻike lithium ([Li]/[Li+Nb]) ma kahi o 48.6%. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻole o ka nui o nā lithium ion i ka LN crystal e alakaʻi i ka nui o nā hemahema lattice, ʻelua mau hopena koʻikoʻi: ʻO ka mea mua, pili ia i nā waiwai o ka kristal LN; ʻO ka lua, hāʻawi nā hemahema lattice i kumu koʻikoʻi no ka ʻenekinia doping o LN crystal, hiki ke hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i ka hana aniani ma o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā ʻāpana aniani, doping a me ka mana valence o nā mea doped, ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu nui o ka nānā ʻana. LN aniani.

ʻOkoʻa mai ka kristal LN maʻamau, aia “kokoke stoichiometric LN kristal" nona ka [Li]/[Nb] ma kahi o 1. ʻO ka nui o nā waiwai photoelectric o kēia kokoke stoichiometric LN crystals ua ʻoi aku ke koʻikoʻi ma mua o nā kristal LN maʻamau, a ua ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o nā waiwai photoelectric ma muli o kokoke-stoichiometric doping, no laila ua aʻo nui ʻia lākou. Eia naʻe, no ka mea, ʻaʻole eutectic ka kristal LN kokoke i ka stoichiometric me nā ʻāpana paʻa a me ka wai, paʻakikī ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka kristal hoʻokahi kiʻekiʻe e Czochralski maʻamau. ʻano hana. No laila, he nui nā hana e hana ai no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka kristal LN kokoke-stoichiometric kiʻekiʻe a maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻohana pono ʻana.