Caesium lithium borate

Caesium lithium borate
Names
IUPAC name
caesium oxide—lithium oxide—boron oxide (1/1/6)
Identifiers
Properties
CsLiB6O10
Molar mass 364.71 g/mol
Structure
tetragonal, point group 4m2
a = 1049.4 pm, c = 893.9 pm
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

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).

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)
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21367.30.871.690.420.165.1

References

  • Mori, Y.; Kuroda, I.; Nakajima, S.; Sasaki, T.; Nakai, S. (1995), "New nonlinear optical crystal: Cesium lithium borate", Appl. Phys. Lett., 67 (13): 1818, 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

    • Gerstenberger, D.; Trautmann, T.; Bowers, M. (2003), "Noncritically phase-matched second-harmonic generation in cesium lithium borate", Opt. Lett., 28 (14): 1242–44, doi:10.1364/OL.28.001242 .
    • US 5998313, Sasaki, Takatomo & Yusuke Mori .
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