Caesium lithium borate or cesium lithium borate (CsLiB6O10), also known as CLBO, is a non-linear crystal for ultraviolet applications and generates the fourth and fifth harmonics of the Nd:YAG fundamental laser wavelength (1064 nm).
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| IUPAC name
caesium oxide—lithium oxide—boron oxide (1/1/6)
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| Identifiers | |
| Properties | |
| CsLiB6O10 | |
| Molar mass | 364.71 g/mol |
| Structure | |
| tetragonal, point group 4m2 | |
a = 1049.4 pm, c = 893.9 pm
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Nonlinear optical properties of CLBO
edit| 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) |
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| 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
edit- Mori, Y.; Kuroda, I.; Nakajima, S.; Sasaki, T.; Nakai, S. (1995), "New nonlinear optical crystal: Cesium lithium borate", Appl. Phys. Lett., 67 (13): 1818, Bibcode:1995ApPhL..67.1818M, doi:10.1063/1.115413.
- Mori, Y.; Yap, Y. K.; Inagaki, M.; Nakajima, S.; Taguchi, A.; Zhou, W. L.; Sasaki, T. (1996), Advanced Solid-State Lasers, Topics in Optics and Photonics 1, Washington, D.C.: Optical Society of America, p. 341, ISBN 1-55752-179-4.
Further reading
edit- Gerstenberger, D.; Trautmann, T.; Bowers, M. (2003), "Noncritically phase-matched second-harmonic generation in cesium lithium borate", Opt. Lett., 28 (14): 1242–44, Bibcode:2003OptL...28.1242G, doi:10.1364/OL.28.001242, PMID 12885034.
- US 5998313, Sasaki, Takatomo & Mori, Yusuke, "Cesium-lithium borate crystal", published 1999-12-07, assigned to Japan Science and Technology Corporation.
External links
edit- Non-linear Crystal Cesium Lithium Borate (CsLiB6O10 or CLBO) from MolTech GmbH