Crystal Growth of Multifunctional Borates and Related Materials

• Main Author: Leonyuk, Nikolay I (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: KABO; ?-BiB3O6; Pockels cell; X-ray diffraction (XRD); borate crystals; rare-earth cations; piezo-electric ringing; planar optical waveguides; rare-earth scandium borate; Bi2ZnB2O7; crystallography; YAl3(BO3)4; solid solution; second harmonic generation; thin film crystal growth; multifunctional borate crystals; optical activity; electro-elastic properties; optical rotatory dispersion; epitaxial layer growth; crystal chemistry; inversion twin; single crystal growth; borates; multifunctional materials; NLO crystals; rare earth spectroscopy; luminescence; frequency conversion; beta barium borate; huntite family; crystal structure; order-disorder; YAB; crystal growth; optical material; K2Al2B2O7
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Borate crystals are attractive for different technological applications because of their favorable physical and chemical properties like stability and high transparency, both high thermal and non-linear optical coefficients, making them ideal active media for highly efficient solid state lasers. In...