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Birefringence of the new fluoride borates Ba2Na3[B3O6]2F and Ba7(BO3)4−yF2+3y in the Na, Ba, B//O, F quaternary reciprocal system. / Bekker, T. B.; Vedenyapin, V. N.; Khamoyan, A. G.
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T1 - Birefringence of the new fluoride borates Ba2Na3[B3O6]2F and Ba7(BO3)4−yF2+3y in the Na, Ba, B//O, F quaternary reciprocal system
AU - Bekker, T. B.
AU - Vedenyapin, V. N.
AU - Khamoyan, A. G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - The birefringence of the new Ba2Na3[B3O6]2F (BNBF) (P63/m) and Ba7(BO3)4−yF2+3y (P63) phases has been investigated. Coefficients of the Sellmeier equations have been determined. Parallel [B3O6]3− rings in the Ba2Na3[B3O6]2F structure generate the major anisotropic polarizabilities and produce large birefringence Δn = 0.1097 − 0.0428 from 350 nm to 5 μm, comparable to that of commercial birefringent crystal α-BaB2O4. A new flux for growing a high quality BNBF crystal has been proposed. In the measured wavelength range from 266 nm to 1.7 μm noncentrosymmetric phase Ba7(BO3)4−yF2+3y (y = 0.49) exhibits low birefringence Δn = 0.0111 − 0.0037 which can be accounted for non-coplanar arrangement of the anionic groups in the structure. Low birefringence prevents the use of this crystal for nonlinear optical applications, since phase-matching conditions for second harmonic generation can not be reached.
AB - The birefringence of the new Ba2Na3[B3O6]2F (BNBF) (P63/m) and Ba7(BO3)4−yF2+3y (P63) phases has been investigated. Coefficients of the Sellmeier equations have been determined. Parallel [B3O6]3− rings in the Ba2Na3[B3O6]2F structure generate the major anisotropic polarizabilities and produce large birefringence Δn = 0.1097 − 0.0428 from 350 nm to 5 μm, comparable to that of commercial birefringent crystal α-BaB2O4. A new flux for growing a high quality BNBF crystal has been proposed. In the measured wavelength range from 266 nm to 1.7 μm noncentrosymmetric phase Ba7(BO3)4−yF2+3y (y = 0.49) exhibits low birefringence Δn = 0.0111 − 0.0037 which can be accounted for non-coplanar arrangement of the anionic groups in the structure. Low birefringence prevents the use of this crystal for nonlinear optical applications, since phase-matching conditions for second harmonic generation can not be reached.
KW - Barium-sodium fluoride borates
KW - Birefringence
KW - Crystal growth from high-temperature solution
KW - SINGLE-CRYSTALS
KW - Crystal growth from high-temperature
KW - solution
KW - BARIUM METABORATE
KW - GROWTH
KW - BAB2O4-NAF SYSTEM
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U2 - 10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.03.024
DO - 10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.03.024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85016154768
VL - 91
SP - 54
EP - 58
JO - Materials Research Bulletin
JF - Materials Research Bulletin
SN - 0025-5408
ER -
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