Crystal Growth and Associated Properties of a Nonlinear Optical Crystal—Ba2Zn(BO3)2

Weiguo Zhang; Hongwei Yu; Hongping Wu; P. Shiv Halasyamani

doi:10.3390/cryst6060068

Crystals (Jun 2016)

Crystal Growth and Associated Properties of a Nonlinear Optical Crystal—Ba2Zn(BO3)2

Weiguo Zhang,
Hongwei Yu,
Hongping Wu,
P. Shiv Halasyamani

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Weiguo Zhang: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 112 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA
Hongwei Yu: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 112 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA
Hongping Wu: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 112 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA
P. Shiv Halasyamani: Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, 112 Fleming Building, Houston, TX 77204-5003, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst6060068
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 6
p. 68

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Crystals of Ba2Zn(BO3)2 were grown by the top-seeded solution growth (TSSG) method. The optimum flux system for growing Ba2Zn(BO3)2 crystals was 2BaF2:2.5B2O3. The transmission spectra of a (100)-orientated crystal indicated an absorption edge of 230 nm. Powder second-harmonic generation measurement revealed that Ba2Zn(BO3)2 can achieve type-I phase matching behavior at the fundamental wavelengths of 1064 and 532 nm respectively. The second-harmonic generating efficiency is around 0.85 and 0.58 times that of β-BaB2O4 when radiated with 1064 and 532 nm lasers.

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ISSN: 2073-4352 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry: Crystallography
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/crystals/

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