An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO<sub>2</sub>]<sup>∞</sup> infinite chains

Fangfang Zhang; Xinglong Chen; Min Zhang; Wenqi Jin; Shujuan Han; Zhihua Yang; Shilie Pan

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An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO₂]^∞ infinite chains

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- An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO₂]^∞ infinite chains
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 11, Issue 9, Pages: 2217-2224(2022)
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  1.Research Center for Crystal Materials, CAS Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS, 40-1 South Beijing Road, Urumqi 830011, China
  2.Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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  Shilie Pan (slpan@ms.xjb.ac.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00941-2
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Zhang, F. F. et al. An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO₂]^∞ infinite chains. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 2217-2224 (2022).
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Zhang, F. F. et al. An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO₂]^∞ infinite chains. Light: Science & Applications, 11, 2217-2224 (2022). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-022-00941-2.

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Birefringent materials play indispensable roles in modulating the polarization of light and are vital in the laser science and technology. Currently, the design of birefringent materials operating in the deep-ultraviolet region (DUV,λ, ≤200 nm) is still a great challenge. In this work, we developed a new DUV birefringent crystal LiBO,2, based on [BO,2,],∞, infinite chains in the Li-B-O system, which simultaneously achieves the shortest UV cutoff edge (164 nm) and the largest birefringence (≥0.168 at 266 nm) among all the reported borate-based DUV birefringent materials. Single crystals of LiBO,2, with dimensions up to Ø55 × 34 mm,3, were grown by the Czochralski method, providing access to large-sized single crystal with low cost. Moreover, it has a high laser damage threshold and stable physicochemical properties. These outstanding characters unambiguously support that LiBO,2, can be an excellent birefringent material for DUV application.

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An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO2]∞ infinite chains

DOI：10.1038/s41377-022-00941-2

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An excellent deep-ultraviolet birefringent material based on [BO₂]^∞ infinite chains