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Design and Synthesis of the Beryllium‐Free Deep‐Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Material Ba 3 (ZnB 5 O 10 )PO 4
Author(s) -
Yu Hongwei,
Zhang Weiguo,
Young Joshua,
Rondinelli James M.,
Halasyamani P. Shiv
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.201503951
Subject(s) - materials science , beryllium , ultraviolet , second harmonic generation , absorption edge , crystal (programming language) , optoelectronics , absorption (acoustics) , nonlinear optical , tetrahedron , nonlinear optics , optics , crystallography , laser , nonlinear system , band gap , composite material , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , nuclear physics , programming language
Access to the elusive deep‐ultraviolet by direct second harmonic generation (SHG) enabled by a new beryllium‐free zincoborate‐phosphate crystal is reported. Ba 3 (ZnB 5 O 10 )PO 4 , exhibits large SHG responses at 1064 and 532 nm and a short 180 nm absorption edge. Centimeter‐size crystals are grown, and quantum mechanical calculations demonstrate the key role played by ZnO 4 tetrahedra in the enhanced optical responses.