Ba3Mg3(BO3)3F3 polymorphs with reversible phase transition and high performances as ultraviolet nonlinear optical materials

Miriding Mutailipu; Min Zhang; Hongping Wu; Zhihua Yang; Yihan Shen; Junliang Sun; Shilie Pan

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05575-w

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Ba3Mg3(BO3)3F3 polymorphs with reversible phase transition and high performances as ultraviolet nonlinear optical materials

Miriding Mutailipu,
Min Zhang,
Hongping Wu,
Zhihua Yang,
Yihan Shen,
Junliang Sun,
Shilie Pan

Affiliations

Miriding Mutailipu: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, CAS, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices
Min Zhang: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, CAS, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices
Hongping Wu: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, CAS, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices
Zhihua Yang: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, CAS, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices
Yihan Shen: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Junliang Sun: College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University
Shilie Pan: CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, CAS, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Electronic Information Materials and Devices

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05575-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Nonlinear optical crystals suitable for the UV spectral region could simplify short-wavelength generation and make it more efficient. Here, the authors design and demonstrate that one of two asymmetric borate polymorphs exhibits promising optical and mechanical properties for generating UV light.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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