Caesium lithium borate
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
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, 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
- 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
- Non-linear Crystal Cesium Lithium Borate (CsLiB6O10 or CLBO) from MolTech GmbH