The Synthesis of the Novel Vacuum Ultraviolet Double Frequency Crystal KBe₂BO₃F₂ (KBBF)

Abstract:

KBe₂BO₃F₂ (KBBF) crystal is a sole important and practical ultraviolet nonlinear optical material. It can realize the output of vacuum ultraviolet laser below 200nm with the method of phase-matching. However, it is difficult to grow a practical crystal size with the general growth methods such as fluxed melts, hydrothermal or prism-coupling technique because of the layering growth habit. A reduced-pressure melts growth method was presented to grow bulk KBBF crystal and how to achieve the high quality raw material for growth is a critical factor. In this paper, the influences of syntheses methods of raw material and experiment conditions were discussed, and the best syntheses method was selected.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1004-1005)
• Pages: 348-353
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1004-1005.348
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Yao Wen Ban*, Wen Li Wang, Wei Zhang, Jian Han
• Keywords: KBBF, Nonlinear Optical Crystal, Synthesis

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