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Beryllium‐Free β‐Rb 2 Al 2 B 2 O 7 as a Possible Deep‐Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Material Replacement for KBe 2 BO 3 F 2
Author(s) -
Tran T. Thao,
Koocher Nathan Z.,
Rondinelli James M.,
Halasyamani P. Shiv
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201612236
Subject(s) - acentric factor , beryllium , ultraviolet , materials science , characterization (materials science) , absorption edge , second harmonic generation , nonlinear optical , polyhedron , nonlinear optics , crystallography , analytical chemistry (journal) , optics , optoelectronics , chemistry , nonlinear system , nanotechnology , physics , laser , band gap , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
A new beryllium‐free deep‐ultraviolet (DUV) nonlinear optical (NLO) material, β‐Rb 2 Al 2 B 2 O 7 (β‐RABO), has been synthesized and characterized. The chiral nonpolar acentric material shows second‐harmonic generation (SHG) activity at both 1064 and 532 nm with efficiencies of 2×KH 2 PO 4 and 0.4×β‐BaB 2 O 4 , respectively, and exhibits a short absorption edge below 200 nm. β‐Rb 2 Al 2 B 2 O 7 has a three‐dimensional structure of corner‐shared Al(BO 3 ) 3 O polyhedra. The discovery of β‐RABO shows that through careful synthesis and characterization, replacement of KBe 2 BO 3 F 2 (KBBF) by a Be‐free DUV NLO material is possible.
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