The invention relates to a compound
potassium rubidium barium borate, a
potassium rubidium barium borate
birefringent crystal and a preparation method and application thereof. The
chemical formula of the compound is KxRb (2-x) BaB6O11, x is equal to 0.7-1, the molecular weight is 502.74-517.61, and the compound is synthesized by adopting a
solid-
phase reaction method. The
chemical formula of the
crystal is KxRb (2-x) BaB6O11, x is equal to 0.7-1, the molecular weight is 502.74-517.61, the
crystal belongs to an orthorhombic
system, the
space group is Pnma, the
cell parameters are as follows: a is equal to 15.1923 (9), b is equal to 7.6510 (5), c is equal to 8.7527 (5), Z is equal to 4 and V is equal to 1017.38 (11) 3, and the
crystal is prepared by adopting a high-temperature melt method; the crystal is used for a deep
ultraviolet-
infrared band and is a
biaxial crystal, the transmission range of the crystal is 200-3500 nm, and the
birefringence of the crystal is 0.08 (546 nm). The method has important application in the fields of
optics and communication, and can be used for manufacturing polarization
beam splitting prisms, phase
delay devices and electro-optical modulators.