Caesium lithium borate

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 of CLBO

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 22 November 1999.

External links

• Non-linear Crystal Cesium Lithium Borate (CsLiB₆O₁₀ or CLBO) from MolTech GmbH