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This section provides an overview for lithium niobate as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 11 lithium niobate manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked lithium niobate companies as of December, 2024: 1.Stanford Advanced Materials, 2.American Elements, 3.Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd..
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Lithium niobate, a compound of niobium oxide and lithium oxide, is a synthetic material not found naturally. At room temperature, it is an odorless substance and insoluble in water. Lithium niobate crystals are grown using the Choklarsky process and are notable for their piezoelectric and nonlinear optical properties.
Lithium niobate exhibits piezoelectricity, generating surface electrodes in response to applied pressure, and nonlinear optical effects, reacting independently of light intensity with strong light. These properties make it valuable in electronics, particularly in the manufacturing of cellular phones, electrical modulators, and resonators. Along with lithium tantalate, lithium niobate is commonly used in Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices, such as SAW filters in telecommunications equipment, to remove noise from voice data.
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Stanford Advanced Materials was established in 1994 in Lake Forest, California to provide rare-earth products for research and development purposes. Stanford Advanced Materials serves many industries ranging from automotive to fashion to energy to research to sports to textiles. Stanford Advanced Materials manufactures and distributes purified metals, ceramics, composite materials including strips, plates, rods, wires, and bars, as well as laboratory equipment and optical equipment including crystals, lenses, splitters, and windows.
American Elements was founded in 1997 in California and currently has research and production facilities in Utah, Mexico, China, and the United Kingdom. AE manufactures and distributes advanced materials from a catalog of over 30,000 products for bulk industrial use as well as small scale laboratory use. AE also provides testing and analyses services including spectroscopy along with structural, thermal, and electrical analyses. AE holds sustainable development as a core corporate value and is committed to work to protect the health of the environment.
Ereztech was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Johns Creek, Georgia with manufacturing in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. Ereztech is a provider of organometallic precursor R&D and manufacturing services for global customers. Ereztech in ISO 9001:2015 certified. Ereztech offers over 1200 chemical compounds and materials including high purity silver sulfate and aluminum nitrate. In addition to these materials, Ereztech offers full-service production and packaging from synthesis samples to high-volume manufacturing quantities. This includes fully customized vessel cleaning procedures, detailed, custom workflow processes specific to each material and vessel, inventory management system, and beginning to end quality control.
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. was established in 1952 and is a manufacturer of battery materials based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The company produces various products related to the battery materials in a complete in-house system, such as mineral ore, low-grade nickel oxide ore, nickel sulfate, and cathode material. The company divide different products into three business divisions, which are Mineral Resources, Smelting and Refining, and Materials business. The minerals that are being the main commodities of the company are mainly copper, nickel, cobalt, gold, and silver.
Jiaozuo Commercial FineWin Co., Ltd, located in Jiaozuo, Henan, was established in 2015 is a manufacturer of sapphire substrates. The company product range includes sapphire substrates (ranging from 2" to 6"), silicon wafers, GaN templates, free-standing GaN substrates, and silicon carbide wafers. The company also produces piezo and optical and laser crystals like TeO2, KTP, LiNbO3, and LiTaO3 used in lasers, acoustic devices, and LEDs. The company was formed after the Light Materials Co., Ltd., in Hong Kong.
Hangzhou Freqcontrol Electronic Technology Ltd., founded in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, in 2000 is a manufacturer of piezoelectric crystals and surface acoustic wave filters that are used in the telecommunications and frequency industries. The company's product portfolio includes Lithium Niobate Wafer (LN), Lithium Tantalate Wafers (LT), Piezo Single Crystal Blanks, Fused Silica & Quartz & Glass Wafers and Finished Saw Filters. Their products are used for signal picking up in Smart Mobile and Optical windows and 3G,4G, and 5G applications. The company serves markets including Automotive and Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy and Energy Storage and Electronics and IT Infrastructure.
Merck, started in 1668 and based in Darmstadt, Germany, is a supplier of solutions and services for research, development, and manufacture of pharmaceutical and biotechnological drug therapies. The company serves the life science industry and has a broad portfolio of 300,000 products, including biopharmaceutical manufacturing, industrial microbiology, reagent, life science research, and water purification products. It is available in 66 countries, brings together six brands, and has several ISO certifications, including ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 13485, and ISO 50001.
HG Optronics.,INC., established in 2008, is a chinese-based manufacturer of laser crystals,nonlinear crystals and optical components used in industrial and scientific research.. The company offers various optics including optical lens, prisms, windows, mirrors, and filters as well as polarization optics, waveplates, and cylindrical lens. It also offers various crystals including laser, window, NLO, diffusion bonded,and magneto-optical crystals. The company is also a service provider offering processing services involving cutting, grinding, polishing, coating, and diffusion bonding as well as coating service using EB, IBS and IAD coating techniques.
G&H, established in 1983 and headquartered in Edinburgh, UK, is a manufacturer of photonic components, modules, and systems. The company specializes in acousto-optics, fiber optics, electro-optics, precision optics, and crystal optics. Its product and service range includes photonic components, modules, and systems. G&H has over 200 employees and operates in more than 20 countries. The company's products are used in a wide variety of applications, including telecommunications, medical imaging, aerospace, defence and industrial automation.
Custom Glass and Optics LLC (CGO), founded in 2015, is an American manufacturer based in Virginia Beach, Virginia, providing glass and optical components. The company’s product range includes glass, fused silica, and quartz wafers. The company also produces chemical-resistant glass tubing and rods, marketed under the Corning Pyrex brand, designed for artistic and laboratory applications. Glass materials, marketed under various brands like Borofloat, Eagle XG, and Willow, are available in full and cut-to-size sheets.
Shanghai Bontek Optoelectronic Technology Development Co. Ltd, established in 2019 and headquartered in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China, is a manufacturer and supplier of optoelectronic material solutions. The company's product portfolio includes infrared optics, wafers, blanks, and substrates made from quartz crystal, lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, fluoride, and glass. Its production line involves crystal orientation, wire cut, grinding, polishing, etching as well as surface inspection and X-ray detection. The products are utilized in the microelectronic materials industry, 5G connectivity, and ecological development of IoT.
Ranking as of December 2024
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
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| 1 | Stanford Advanced Materials |
25.4%
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| 2 | American Elements |
12.9%
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| 3 | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. |
10.1%
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| 4 | Merck |
10.1%
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| 5 | Ereztech LLC |
9.3%
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| 6 | G&H |
8.1%
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| 7 | Hangzhou Freqcontrol Electronic Technology Ltd. |
6.9%
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| 8 | Jiaozuo Commercial FineWin Co., Ltd |
5.2%
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| 9 | HG Optronics.,INC. |
4.8%
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| 10 | Custom Glass and Optics, LLC |
4.8%
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Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the lithium niobate page as of December 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
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Company with a History
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| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
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United States of America
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3 | 42.9% |
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China
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3 | 42.9% |
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Japan
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1 | 14.3% |
