Title :
Growth of Scattering Centers Free LiKB4O7 Single Crystal by Czochralski Method
Author :
Komatsu, Ryuichi ; Fukuda, Masayuki ; Saito, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Yamaguchi Univ., Yamaguchi
Abstract :
With the rapid expansion of market in micromachining, all-solid-state Ultra Violet (UV) laser has been required. Many efforts have been performed to look for new nonlinear borate crystal in order to use it as stable UV wavelength converter in solid-state UV laser. In this paper, we describe growth and transparent properties of a new nonlinear optical crystal: LiKB4O7(LKB4) single crystals by Czchralski (CZ) method. Transparent crack-free LKB4 single crystals have been successfully grown for the first time. In addition, effect of dry air flow during growth has been investigated to grow scatters free crystals, leading to superior transmittance in UV region.
Keywords :
crystal growth from melt; laser materials processing; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; potassium compounds; LiKB4O7; crack-free crystals; czochralski method; micromachining; nonlinear borate crystal; nonlinear optical crystal; solid-state ultraviolet laser; Crystals; Light scattering; Nonlinear optics; Optical microscopy; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical wavelength conversion; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; X-ray scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2007. ISAF 2007. Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nara
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1334-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4734
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.2007.4393336
