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*{{citation | first1 = D. | last1 = Gerstenberger | first2 = T. | last2 = Trautmann | first3 = M. | last3 = Bowers | title = Noncritically phase-matched second-harmonic generation in cesium lithium borate | url = http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-14-1242 | journal = Opt. Lett. | volume = 28 | pages = 1242–44 | year = 2003}}.
 
*{{citation | first1 = D. | last1 = Gerstenberger | first2 = T. | last2 = Trautmann | first3 = M. | last3 = Bowers | title = Noncritically phase-matched second-harmonic generation in cesium lithium borate | url = http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-28-14-1242 | journal = Opt. Lett. | volume = 28 | pages = 1242–44 | year = 2003}}.
*{{citation | inventor1-last = Sasaki | inventor1-first = Takatomo | inventor2-last = Mori | inventor2-first = Yusuke | assignee = Japan Science and Technology Corporation | country-code = US | patent-number = 5998313 | year = 1999}}.
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*{{citation | inventor1-last = Sasaki | inventor1-first = Takatomo | inventor2-last = Mori | inventor2-first = Yusuke | assignee = Japan Science and Technology Corporation | title = Cesium-lithium borate crystal | country-code = US | patent-number = 5998313 | year = 1999}}.
  
 
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Caesium lithium borate
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

External links

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