Nonlinear optical properties of neodymium yttrium aluminum borate crystals

YAl3(BO3)4: Crystal growth and characterization

“…The suitable molar ratio of the B 2 O 3 -Li 2 O flux was determined by spontaneous nucleation. The result suggested that the range of molar ratio within YAB:H 3 BO 3 :Li 2 CO 3 ¼ 1: (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14):(0.5-3) was suitable for YAB crystal growth. A 16 Â 16 Â 18 mm 3 YAB crystal was obtained from the B 2 O 3 -Li 2 O flux system.…”

“…For example, Nd x Y 1À x Al 3 (BO 3 ) 4 (x¼0-1) crystals (NYAB for short), with the same structure as YAB [8], can be used as a laser host and a self-frequency doubling (SFD) crystal. The NYAB crystal was proposed to be an SFD crystal in 1981 [11] and it is still a very popular SFD crystal nowadays [12]. A 16 Â 16 Â 19 mm 3 NYAB crystal was grown from the K 2 O/MoO 3 / 0.5B 2 O 3 fluxes [13].…”

Flux growth and characterization of a new oxyborate crystal Na3La9O3(BO3)8

“…During the past 30 years, many complex borates and their solid solution crystals have appeared, such as Nd x Y 1Àx Al 3 (BO 3 ) 4 (NYAB) [1], RCa 4 O(BO 3 ) 3 (RCOB) [2], etc. The NYAB crystal has been demonstrated to be an excellent material for the generation of green laser radiation by self-frequency doubling (SFD), its fundamental infrared (IR) line at 1064 nm.…”

Flux growth and optical properties of Na3La9O3(BO3)8 crystals

“…During the past few years, many rare earth (R) complex borates, for example, Nd x Y 1Àx Al 3 (BO 3 ) 4 (NYAB) [1], RCa 4 O(BO 3 ) 3 (RCOB) [2], LaCa 2 B 10 O 19 (LCB) [3], have been extensively investigated because of their potential applications in nonlinear optics (NLO) and laser engineering. Na 3 La 9 O 3 (BO 3 ) 8 (NLBO) crystallizes in space group P62m with a unit cell of dimensions a ¼ 8.9033(3) Å , c ¼ 8.7131(3) Å for Z ¼ 1 [4,5].…”