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- A new deep-ultraviolet nonlinear optical material, K3Ba3Li2Al4B6O20F, was created by substituting beryllium (Be) with aluminum (Al) and lithium (Li) from an existing material, Sr2Be2B2O7.
- This new material maintains the structural advantages of its predecessor and shows essential optical properties for deep-UV applications, such as transparency, phase-matchability, and high second-harmonic generation.
- K3Ba3Li2Al4B6O20F also resolves stability issues found in Sr2Be2B2O7, demonstrated through the production of large single crystals and phonon analysis, making it a strong candidate for
Article Abstract
A beryllium-free deep-ultraviolet (deep-UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) material K3Ba3Li2Al4B6O20F is developed mainly by the element substitution of Be for Al and Li from Sr2Be2B2O7 that was considered as one of the most promising deep-UV NLO materials. K3Ba3Li2Al4B6O20F preserves the structural merits of Sr2Be2B2O7 and thus exhibits no layering growth tendency and possesses the optical properties required for deep-UV NLO applications, including deep-UV transparency, phase-matchability, and sufficiently large second-harmonic generation (1.5 × KH2PO4). Furthermore, it overcomes the structural instability problem of Sr2Be2B2O7, which is confirmed by the obtainment of large single crystals and phonon dispersion calculations. These attributes make it very attractive for next-generation deep-UV NLO materials. The substitution of Be for Al and Li in beryllium borates provides a new opportunity to design beryllium-free deep-UV NLO materials with good performance.
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