Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Progress of Research on New Nonlinear Optical Crystals Ca4RO(BO3)3

LUO Jun; ZHONG Zhen-Wu; FAN Shi-Ji; WANG Jin-Chang   

  1. Shanghai Institute of ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:1999-03-12 Revised:1999-06-28 Published:2000-02-20 Online:2000-02-20

Abstract: The isostructural calcium rare-earth oxyborates Ca4RO(BO3)3(R---La3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, Gd3+, Y3+, Er3+, Tb3+, Lu3+)
as nonlinear optical materials have attracted great attentions recently. They belong to the monoclinic crystallographic system with space group Cm. The progress on the research of their structures and crystal growth was reviewed, and their linear/nonlinear optical
properties and self-frequency doubling properties were also summarized in detail. It was suggested that these crystals possess potential
applications in frequency conversion.

Key words: Ca4RO(BO3)3(R-Rare-earth), nonlinear optical crystal, crystal growth, frequency conversion

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