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'''CsLiB<sub>6</sub>O<sub>10</sub>''' ('''Caesium lithium borate''', '''CLBO''') is a non-linear crystal for [[ultraviolet]] applications and generates the 4th and 5th harmonics of the [[Nd:YAG]] fundamental laser wavelength (1064 nm). | '''CsLiB<sub>6</sub>O<sub>10</sub>''' ('''Caesium lithium borate''', '''CLBO''') is a non-linear crystal for [[ultraviolet]] applications and generates the 4th and 5th harmonics of the [[Nd:YAG]] fundamental laser wavelength (1064 nm). | ||
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| Caesium lithium borate | |
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| IUPAC name | caesium oxide—lithium oxide—boron oxide (1/1/6) |
| Properties | |
| Chemical formula | CsLiB6O10 |
| Molar mass | 364.71 g/mol |
| Structure | |
| Crystal structure | tetragonal, point group 4m2 |
| Lattice constant | a = 1049.4 pm, c = 893.9 pm |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) | |
CsLiB6O10 (Caesium lithium borate, CLBO) is a non-linear crystal for ultraviolet applications and generates the 4th and 5th harmonics of the Nd:YAG fundamental laser wavelength (1064 nm).
Nonlinear optical properties
| Harmonics wavelength (nm) |
Phase-matching angle (°) |
Calculated deff (pm/V) |
Walk-off angle (°) |
Angular bandwidth (mrad·cm) |
Spectral bandwidth (nm·cm) |
Temperature bandwidth (°C·cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | 61.6 | 0.84 | 1.83 | 0.49 | 0.13 | 8.3 |
| 213 | 67.3 | 0.87 | 1.69 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 5.1 |
References
- Mori, Y.; Kuroda, I.; Nakajima, S.; Sasaki, T.; Nakai, S. Appl. Phys. Lett. 1995, 67, 1818.
- Mori, Y.; Yap, Y. K.; Inagaki, M.; Nakajima, S.; Taguchi, A.; Zhou, W. L.; Sasaki, T. Advanced Solid-State Lasers; Topics in Optics and Photonics 1; Optical Society of America: Washington, D.C., 1996; p 341. ISBN 1557521794.
Further reading
- Gerstenberger, D.; Trautmann, T.; Bowers, M. Noncritically phase-matched second-harmonic generation in cesium lithium borate. Opt. Lett. 2003, 28, 1242–44, <http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-14-1242>.
- Sasaki, Takatomo; Mori, Yusuke (Japan Science and Technology Corporation) US Patent 5998313, published 7 July 1999.
External links
- Non-linear Crystal Cesium Lithium Borate (CsLiB6O10 or CLBO) from MolTech GmbH
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