LiNbO₃ ntabwo iboneka muri kamere nkamabuye y'agaciro. Imiterere ya kristu ya lithium niobate (LN) kristu yatangajwe bwa mbere na Zachariasen mu 1928. Mu 1955, Lapitskii na Simanov batanze ibipimo bya lattice ya sisitemu ya hexagonal na trigonal ya LN kristu ikoresheje isesengura rya powder ya X-ray. Mu 1958, Reisman na Holtzberg batanze pseudoelement ya Li₂O-Nb₂O₅ nisesengura ryubushyuhe, isesengura rya X-ray no gupima ubucucike.

Igishushanyo cyicyiciro cyerekana ko Li₃NbO₄, LiNbO₃, LiNb₃O₈ na Li₂Nb₂₈O₇₁ byose Birashobora gushingwa kuva Li₂O-Nb₂O₅. Bitewe no gutegura kristu nibintu bifatika, gusa LiNbO₃ byizwe cyane kandi bishyirwa mubikorwa. Ukurikije amategeko rusange yo kwita izina imiti, LitiyumuNiobate igomba kuba Li₃NbO₄, na LiNbO₃ igomba kwitwa Lithium M.etaniobate. Mubyiciro byambere, LiNbO₃ yitwaga Litiyumu Metaniobate kristu, ariko kubera ko LN kristu hamwe na ibindi byiciro bitatu bikomeyes ntabwo bigishijwe cyane, ubu LiNbO₃ ni hafi yo kutongera guhamagarwa Lithium Metniobate, ariko izwi cyane nka Lithium Niobate.

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Ingingo yo gufatanya ibintu byamazi nibintu bikomeye bya LN kristal ntabwo bihuye numubare wa stoichiometric. Ikirangantego cyiza cyo hejuru hamwe numutwe hamwe nibice byumurizo birashobora gukura byoroshye muburyo bwo gushonga kristu gusa mugihe ibikoresho bifite ibice bimwe byurwego rukomeye hamwe nibyiciro byamazi. Kubwibyo, LN kristu hamwe nibintu byiza-byamazi ya eutectic point ihuye nibintu byakoreshejwe cyane. Kirisiti ya LN mubisanzwe itavuzwe yerekeza kubafite ibice bimwe, kandi ibirimo lithium ([Li] / [Li + Nb]) ni 48,6%. Kubura umubare munini wa lithium ion muri LN kristu biganisha ku mubare munini winenge ya lattice, ifite ingaruka ebyiri zingenzi: Icya mbere, bigira ingaruka kumiterere ya LN kristal; Icya kabiri, inenge ya lattice itanga urufatiro rwingenzi rwa doping injeniyeri ya LN kristal, ishobora kugenzura neza imikorere ya kristu binyuze mugutondekanya ibice bya kristu, doping na valence igenzura ibintu bya doped, nayo nimwe mumpamvu zingenzi zo kwitabwaho LN.

Bitandukanye na LN isanzwe ya kristu, harahari “hafi ya stoichiometric LN kristu "ifite [Li] / [Nb] igera kuri 1. Byinshi mubintu byamafoto yibi bikoresho hafi ya kristu ya stoichiometric LN biragaragara cyane kuruta ibya kristu isanzwe ya LN, kandi byunvikana kumitungo myinshi yifoto kubera hafi-stoichiometric doping, nuko barigishijwe cyane. Ariko, kubera ko hafi ya stoichiometric LN kristal itari eutectic hamwe nibintu bikomeye kandi byamazi, biragoye gutegura kristu nziza yo murwego rwohejuru na Czochralski uburyo. Kubwibyo haracyari byinshi byo gukora kugirango dutegure ubuziranenge kandi buhendutse hafi-stoichiometric LN kristal kugirango ikoreshwe mubikorwa.