KBBF深紫外非线性光学晶体最新研究进展

本文系统介绍了我国KBBF深紫外非线性光学晶体的最新研究进展.包括从KBBF晶体的发现历程,KBBF晶体生长、棱镜耦合器件技术的发展,以及产生深紫外相干光源的能力,到这些深紫外相干光源的应用,尤其在超高分辨率光电子能谱仪方面的应用及最新研究成果.     

含共轭键的紫外非线性光学晶体

紫外非线性光学晶体是实现短波紫外光源输出的关键材料,目前短波紫外变频晶体主要依赖硼酸盐晶体,由于实际应用对晶体综合性能提出更高要求,而进一步发现新型硼酸盐非线性光学晶体难度不断增大,开拓新的材料体系显得尤为迫切.从硼酸盐结构与非线性光学效应关系可知,含有平面共轭基团的硼酸盐具有大的倍频系数、合适的双折射率和短的紫外截止边等特性,平面共轭基团是硼酸盐非线性光学晶体的核心功能基元.因此拓展平面共轭基团研究是探索新体系紫外非线性光学晶体材料的关键环节.基于基团的构效关系,我们团队率先提出以同样是具有平面三角共轭结构的碳酸盐、硝酸盐等化合物为研究对象,拓展紫外非线性光学晶体材料的探索范围.此外,近来我们团队把研究范围进一步拓展到了一些有机共轭体系,例如氰尿酸盐.本文将主要介绍我们团队近年来在碳酸盐、硝酸盐和氰尿酸盐紫外晶体探索方面取得的研究结果.     

新疆理化所提出一种基于模拟的使非线性光学晶体材料相匹配区间蓝移的方案

非线性光学晶体是通过频率转换拓宽固态激光器输出波段的关键材料。随着激光微加工,激光通讯和现代科学仪器的持续发展,对紫外/深紫外非线性光学晶体的需求日益增加。但是,很多拥有宽的紫外透过范围和大的倍频效应的晶体因其双折射无法满足深紫外相匹配而无法输出深紫外激光。     

福建物构所发现新型无铍深紫外非线性光学晶体材料

正深紫外激光由于波长短、加工精度高的优点,在半导体光刻、激光光电子能谱仪和激光切割等方面具有重要应用。目前,KBe2BO3F2(KBBF)是唯一能实际输出深紫外激光的非线性光学(NLO)晶体,但是,KBBF含剧毒铍元素且其晶体层状生长习性严重。因此,急需探索新型深紫外NLO晶体材料。中国科学院福建物质结构研究所光电材料化学与物理重点实验室罗军华课题组在国家自然科学杰出青     

中国科学院理化技术研究所北京人工晶体研究发展中心开发部

<正>中国科学院理化技术研究所北京人工晶体研究发展中心成立于1999年。晶体中心主要从事无机非线性光学晶体方面的研究,近年来不断研发出具有优良光电性能的各类新型晶体材料,为相关产品的应用提供了广阔的前景。晶体中心开发部目前能够提供的产品包括:深紫外非线性光学晶体(仅限国内使用)KBBF棱镜耦合器件(可实现200 nm以下相干光输出)大尺寸LBO晶体及器件新型非线性光学晶体     

紫外与深紫外非线性光学晶体的新进展

随着光刻、激光微加工以及激光光谱仪的发展,紫外与深紫外光谱区的相干光源变得越来越重要.本文简要地回顾了使用阴离子基团理论发展新型硼酸盐系列紫外与深紫外非线性光学晶体的历史,同时系统地介绍了这些硼酸盐系列晶体的线性和非线性光学性质.最后给出一些产生紫外与深紫外谐波输出的典型例子以及它们的应用.     

福建物构所在拓宽非线性光学晶体的相配匹配范围研究中获进展

正探索发现性能优异的深紫外非线性光学晶体一直是功能材料研究领域的热点。三硼酸锂(LBO)晶体是中国科学院福建物质结构研究所发现的一种优秀的紫外无机非线性光学晶体,具有生长晶体尺寸大、光学质量好、透光范围宽、倍频系数大和损伤阈值高等优点,是目前应用于高功率固体激光器件的最佳倍频晶体材料。但是由于LBO晶体的双折射率偏小,使之难以通过相位匹配技术直接倍频产生深紫外相干光源。尽管     

粉末紫外二阶非线性光学性能测试研究

为测定粉末材料的紫外波段二阶非线性光学特性,根据Kurtz-Perry粉末倍频效应理论,开展了紫外粉末二阶非线性光学性能测试的研究.测试光源为氙灯泵浦的Nd:YAG-KTP电光调Q激光器,KTP为二倍频晶体,输出波长532 nm,单脉冲能量100 mJ,重复频率1～10 Hz,脉冲宽度为8 ns.为保证266 nm光的透过率,采用紫外融石英做窗口片,型号为JGS1;为保证测试的准确性,选择光栅光谱仪分光.经紫外常用的KDP、LBO、BBO等测试,证明本方法具有稳定可靠、判别精度高、操作简单等优点,可以有效地定性或半定量测试材料的紫外二阶非线性光学性能,为研究紫外二阶非线性光学材料提供了一种重要的测试手段.     

CLBO晶体和频产生深紫外激光的理论计算与实验结果

本文介绍了深紫外非线性光学晶体CLBO的光学特性,推导出了CLBO晶体和频时的相位匹配角、有效非线性系数、走离角、允许角宽度和允许温度范围的公式,并进行了详细计算.根据计算结果可知,CLBO晶体和频可以实现深紫外激光的有效输出,并且具有大的有效非线性系数、小的走离角、大的允许角宽度和允许温度范围.由此设计了1064 nm近红外激光和238.7 nm 紫外激光通过CLBO晶体和频产生195 nm深紫外激光的系统方案,并在实验中实现了平均功率217 μW、重复频率10 Hz的195 nm 激光的稳定运转.     

福建物构所深紫外非线性光学晶体材料研究获新进展

<正>深紫外激光具有波长短、光子能量高等优点,因而在高分辨率成像、光谱应用、微细加工等诸多领域具有重要的应用价值,利用深紫外非线性光学晶体进行变频是获得深紫外激光的主要手段。优良的深紫外非线性光学晶体既要具有大的非线性光学效应,又要具有短的紫外吸收边,而这两种性能在某种程度上是相互冲突的,这就需要在两者之间达到一个微妙的平衡。目前,已知的深紫外非线性光学晶体几乎都是硼酸盐,基     

Growth and characterization of tris allylthiourea mercuric chloride crystals

Single crystals of tris allylthiourea mercury chloride (ATMC), a semi‐organic nonlinear optical material, have been grown from a low‐temperature solution growth technique by slow cooling method. In the present work, we have grown ATMC crystal which is a new nonlinear optical material (NLO) having high optical quality and its second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency is thrice that of Urea. The grown crystals have also been subjected to various characterization studies like X‐ray diffraction, UV‐VIS, FT‐IR and TGA‐DTA. X‐ray powder diffraction study confirmed the crystal structure of ATMC, UV‐VIS /FT‐IR spectral analysis showed the crystal has good optical transmission in the entire visible region and TGA‐DTA studies showed the thermal properties and complex degradation of ATMC crystal. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Study of crystalline perfection and thermal analysis of zinc cadmium thiocyanate single crystals grown in silica gel

Zinc cadmium thiocyanate ZnCd(SCN)₄ abbreviated as ZCTC is a bimetallic thiocyanate complex that exhibits excellent nonlinear optical property. Single crystals of ZCTC have been grown in silica gel by the process of diffusion. Colorless transparent crystals of size 12 mm x 2 mm x 1.3 mm have been obtained. High resolution X‐ray diffraction study was carried out to investigate the crystalline perfection of the grown crystal and the quality of the crystal was found to be quite good. Thermal stability of the grown crystal was investigated by thermogravimetric and differential thermal analyses. Fourier Transform Infrared spectrum was recorded to confirm the functional groups. Microhardness of the crystal is also studied. Being a nonlinear optical material, a comparative study of its second harmonic generation efficiency with urea has been made. (© 2007 WILEY ‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

碳酸钙镁石家族非线性光学晶体研究进展

自倍频晶体是将激光和非线性光学效应集于一体的一类晶体,可以实现波长变换、调幅、开关、记忆等功能,被广泛应用于光电子、光通信、激光等领域。然而现有的Nd∶LiNbO₃(Nd∶LN)、Nd∶Na₃La₉O₃(BO₃)₈(Nd∶NLBO)、Nd∶La₂CaB₁₀O₁₉(Nd∶LCB)等晶体由于固有的光折变效应、二次谐波(SHG)输出功率低、光学均匀性差等缺点限制了其进一步的应用,发展新的激光自倍频晶体具有重要的意义和价值。碳酸钙镁石家族硼酸盐晶体由于具有较大的非线性光学(NLO)系数、不易潮解、优异的光学性能和机械性能等优点,近几十年来成为人们重点研究的对象。本文从晶体结构、生长方法、性能、发展趋势等方面,着重介绍了碳酸钙镁石家族REM₃(BO₃)₄(RE为稀土元素La-Lu和Y;M为Al,Ga,Sc)和La_xRE_ySc_z(BO₃)₄(RE=Gd,Y,Nd,Lu,Sm,Tb;x+y+z=3)共取代型硼酸盐非线性光学晶体。对比了不同助熔剂、气氛、方法生长的晶体的紫外(UV)截止边、光学性能、非线性性能的差异。通过改善生长工艺,进行元素掺杂等可以得到光学性能良好、非线性性能显著、有广泛市场应用前景的自倍频(SFD)晶体。     

Growth and high frequency dielectric study of pure and thiourea doped KDP crystals

Non linear optical (NLO) materials have acquired new significance with the advent of a large number of devices utilizing solid‐state laser sources. Several NLO materials have been used for this kind of technological applications. The Potassium di‐hydrogen phosphate (KDP) one of NLO material having superior non linear optical properties has been exploited for variety of applications. In the present investigation we have grown KDP crystals from aqous solution with thiourea, an organic non linear optical material. We could enhance the SHG efficiency of thiourea doped KDP crystal. It was 1.99 times more that of pure KDP. We observed more enhancements in nonlinearity for low concentration of thiourea.The crystal structure and cell parameters of grown crystal were determined from Powder XRD.The incorporation of thiourea in the grown crystals was qualitatively analyzed from FT‐IR study. The absorption spectra of pure and thiourea doped KDP crystal reveal that thiourea doped KDP crystals would be a better nonlinear optical (NLO) material for second harmonic generation (SHG) than pure KDP. The thermal decomposition and weight loss of pure and thiourea doped KDP crystal was observed by thermogravimetric (TGA) analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The high frequency dielectric study of pure KDP crystal, thiourea doped KDP crystals and organic additive thiourea was carried out using X‐band at frequency 8GHZ and 12GHZ by transmission line wave guide method. We observed low dielectric constant of thiourea doped KDP crystal when it is doped with 2mole% of thiourea. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A survey of research on KTP and its analogue crystals

This paper reviews the growth and properties of KTiOPOP₄ (KTP) and its analogue crystals including its isomorphous crystals and doped crystals. Based on the calculation of the refractive indices and phase matching of KTP crystals, it is shown that non-critical phase matching can be achieved theoretically. In a 4%Nb-doped KTP crystal, non-critical phase matching was obtained with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser in an efficiency of ca. 4%. Most of the isomorphous and doped KTP crystals possess similar physical, optical and nonlinear optical properties as those of KTP.RbTiOPO₄, KTiOASO₄ and RbTiOASO₄ crystals have better electrooptical figure of merit and RbTiOPO₄ crystals have a fast ion conductor character. Some doped KTP crystals have shown high second harmonic generation efficiencies and damage thresholds. But the homogeneity of KTP analogue crystals is poorer than that of KTP. On the base of damage threshold tests using a CW Argon laser, it is concluded that the best second harmonic generation crystal among all the KTP analogue crystals is still KTP itself. Special care must be taken to eliminate impurity centers to avoid the formation of gray track and photorefractive centers.     

Hydrothermal growth and optical properties of RbBe2BO3F2 crystals

Crystals of RbBe₂BO₃F₂ up to a size of 22×18×5 mm³ have been grown by the hydrothermal method. The growth conditions were optimized mainly by adjusting the mineralizers and growth temperature. The crystals linear and nonlinear optical properties, including its transmittance spectrum and second harmonic generation from 532 to 266 nm, were measured and compared with those of flux grown crystals. A maximum conversion efficiency of 20% was obtained with a 25 ps, 10 Hz laser system. The results indicate that RbBe₂BO₃F₂ crystals grown by the hydrothermal method show similar capability for frequency conversion compared with flux grown crystals and are promising for future deep-UV harmonic generation.     

中红外非线性光学晶体的研究进展

本文综述了几种重要的中红外非线性光学晶体的研究进展,分别详细介绍了各自的结构特点、非线性性能以及他们在频率变换方面的重要应用.提出了在中红外非线性光学晶体生长中遇到的困难,并探讨了解决问题的途径.认为生长性能优异、足够尺寸的红外非线性光学晶体具有非常重要的应用价值,并对中红外非线性光学晶体的研究进行了展望.     

Ⅰ类高氘DKDP晶片性能研究

受到晶体尺寸以及非线性光学性能的影响,目前可供选择的非线性晶体非常有限。DKDP晶体作为传统大尺寸光电材料,在光参量啁啾脉冲放大(OPCPA)装置中得到了应用。高氘化的DKDP晶体有更好的光学性能,然而生长出高氘化DKDP晶体对生长环境等有更加严格的要求。本文通过改良的原料合成罐以及生长槽,采用点籽晶快速生长法成功生长出高氘DKDP晶体。按照Ⅰ类(θ=37.23°, φ=45°)切割方式制备样品,并对其氘含量、透过率、光学均匀性以及晶体激光损伤阈值进行测试。实验结果表明,晶体的平均氘含量达到98.49%,在可见-近红外波段下具有较宽的透过波段和较高的透过性能。R-on-1的测试结果显示,在3 ns、527 nm条件下,DKDP晶体的激光损伤阈值达到了19.92 J/cm²。晶体光学均匀性均方根达到了1.833×10^-9,表明晶体具有良好的光学均匀性。     

Growth and characterization of bis-glycine sodium nitrate (BGSN), a novel semi-organic nonlinear optical crystal

Single crystals of bis-glycine sodium nitrate (BGSN), a semi-organic nonlinear optical (NLO) material, have been grown by slow cooling method. Good optical quality single crystals with dimensions up to 1.6×1.6×1.0 cm³ are obtained. Using a single-crystal diffractometer, the morphology of BGSN crystal was identified. Powder X-ray diffraction confirms the crystalline nature of BGSN. The grown crystals were characterized by optical transmission spectrum (UV) and FTIR studies. The NLO property of the crystal was confirmed by Kurtz second harmonic generation (SHG) test, and the output power generated by the crystal was compared with that of KDP. The thermal stability of the crystal was studied by thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA), differential thermal analysis (DTA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Micro hardness study was carried out for different planes, and the anisotropy behavior of the crystal was observed.     

Growth and characterization of a novel NLO crystal bis-glycine hydrogen chloride (BGHC)

Single crystals of bis-glycine hydrogen chloride (BGHC), a semiorganic nonlinear optical (NLO) material, have been grown by slow solvent evaporation technique. Good optical quality single crystals with dimensions up to 33×5×5 mm³ are obtained. The crystals are characterized by optical transmission spectrum, FTIR and X-ray diffraction studies. The thermal stability of the crystal is studied by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential thermal analysis (DTA). The second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of BGHC was found to be 5.6 times that of KDP. The laser damage threshold values studied in single shot mode indicates that BGHC crystal possesses a fairly high value of 9.8 GW/cm² and thus the NLO studies confirmed the superiority of BGHC over KDP and urea crystals. The dielectric constant of the crystal was studied as a function of frequency and the results are discussed.