11 results about "Strontium borate" patented technology

The invention discloses a thorium-doped strontium tetraborate crystal as well as a preparation method and application thereof, the chemical formula of the thorium-doped strontium tetraborate crystal is ThxSr1-xB4 + yO7 (Th SBO), and the thorium-doped strontium tetraborate crystal grows by adopting a solution method. The Th: SBO crystal disclosed by the invention is low in melting point, simple in component and beneficial to realizing high-quality crystal growth; the material has a wide band gap, has high transmittance in a vacuum ultraviolet band, is beneficial to reduction of absorption loss in a nuclear transition luminescence band, and is beneficial to excitation and detection of a nuclear transition signal; the SBO crystal is a random quasi-phase matching (RQPM) nonlinear optical crystal, 296.76 nm narrow linewidth laser 148.38 nm frequency doubling light can be used as an excitation source of the nuclear light clock through frequency doubling, and a Th host crystal and a frequency doubling crystal are combined, so that the complexity of a system is remarkably simplified, and a core material is provided for miniaturization of the nuclear light clock.

A method for growing a periodically polarized nonlinear crystal may include placing a seed crystal in a melt to form a seed crystal melt mixture, the seed crystal comprising at least one of strontium tetraborate (SBO) or lithium triborate (LBO), and the melt comprising at least one of a mixture of Sr, B, and O or a mixture of Li, B, and O. The method may further include heating the seed crystal melt mixture to a predetermined temperature until a periodically polarized nonlinear crystal is formed.

The invention provides a method for growing a strontium tetraborate (SrB4O7) crystal. The method includes lowering a seed crystal into a melt having a mixture of sources including Sr, B, O, and Cl. The method also includes heating and melting the mixture to a temperature sufficient to form strontium tetraborate crystals.

A system for frequency conversion is disclosed. The system includes a nonlinear crystal waveguide formed from strontium tetraborate (SBO) or lithium triborate (LBO). This system is used for second harmonic generation or sum-frequency generation to produce laser output light having wavelengths in the range of about 120-200 nm. Inspection systems, lithography systems and cutting systems incorporating the frequency conversion system are also described.

This invention relates to a compound strontium borate nitrate and a strontium borate nitrate nonlinear optical crystal, as well as their preparation methods and uses. The chemical formula of the compound is Sr3B9O. 16 (NO3), with a molecular weight of 678.16, was prepared using a vacuum-sealed tube method; the chemical formula of this crystal is Sr3B9O. 16 (NO3), with a molecular weight of 678.16, belongs to the monoclinic crystal system and has a space group of Cc The unit cell parameters are a =11.2574(9)Å, b =6.6400(9)Å, c =18.1027(13)Å, Z=4, V=1348.9(2)Å 3 It is prepared using a high-temperature melt method or hydrothermal method under vacuum sealing conditions. Its nonlinear optical effect is approximately three times that of KDP, and its birefringence is 0.088@546 nm. This method has advantages such as simple preparation, short growth cycle, low toxicity of starting materials, and minimal harm to humans. Sr3B9O obtained by the method described in this invention... 16 (NO3) Nonlinear optical crystals have stable physicochemical properties, large nonlinear effects, and can be applied to phase-matching wavelengths in the ultraviolet band. They can be widely used in nonlinear optical devices such as frequency doubling converters and optical parametric oscillators.

This invention relates to the compounds strontium lanthanum chloroborate and barium lanthanum chloroborate, as well as nonlinear optical crystals of strontium lanthanum chloroborate and barium lanthanum chloroborate, their preparation methods, and their uses. The general chemical formula for both the compounds and crystals is A3La4B3O. 13 Cl, where A = Sr, Ba, space group P63, belongs to the hexagonal crystal system, and cell parameter Z = 2. The compounds lanthanum strontium chloroborate and lanthanum barium chloroborate are synthesized by a solid-state reaction method. The nonlinear optical crystals of lanthanum strontium chloroborate and lanthanum barium chloroborate are grown using a high-temperature melt method. This material can be used to manufacture second harmonic generators, up-down frequency converters, optical parametric oscillators, etc.

A method for constructing a periodically-poled nonlinear crystal may include implanting ions in a bulk crystal of strontium tetraborate (SBO) or lithium triborate (LBO) to generate a damaged layer at a predetermined depth, attaching a handle material to the surface of the bulk crystal, cleaving the bulk crystal at the damaged layer to generate a thin plate, and polishing the thin plate to a thickness suitable for quasi-phase-matching (QPM) to generate laser output light having wavelengths in the range of about 120-200 nm. The surfaces of thin plates generated in this way are optically contacted, and resulting stacks are diced and arranged to generate many-layered QPM crystals. Methods, inspection systems, lithography systems and cutting systems incorporating the laser assembly are also described.

A system for frequency conversion is disclosed. The system includes a nonlinear crystal waveguide formed from strontium tetraborate (SBO) or lithium triborate (LBO). This system is used for second harmonic generation or sum-frequency generation to produce laser output light having wavelengths in the range of about 120-200 nm. Inspection systems, lithography systems and cutting systems incorporating the frequency conversion system are also described.

A method for growing a strontium tetraborate (SrB4O7) crystal is provided. The method involves immersing a seed crystal in a melt containing a mixture of a source of Sr, B, O, and Cl. The method also includes heating and melting the mixture to a temperature sufficient to form a strontium tetraborate crystal.

A method for constructing a periodically-poled nonlinear crystal may include implanting ions in a bulk crystal of strontium tetraborate (SBO) or lithium triborate (LBO) to generate a damaged layer at a predetermined depth, attaching a handle material to the surface of the bulk crystal, cleaving the bulk crystal at the damaged layer to generate a thin plate, and polishing the thin plate to a thickness suitable for quasi-phase-matching (QPM) to generate laser output light having wavelengths in the range of about 120-200 nm. The surfaces of thin plates generated in this way are optically contacted, and resulting stacks are diced and arranged to generate many-layered QPM crystals. Methods, inspection systems, lithography systems and cutting systems incorporating the laser assembly are also described.

To fill the need for a mode-locked or CW laser that generates radiation in the range shorter than 133 nm and is suitable for use in inspection of photomasks, reticles, and / or wafers.SOLUTION: A nonlinear crystal including stacked Strontium tetraborate SrB4O7 crystal plates is configured to create a periodic structure for quasi-phase matching and is used in a final frequency conversion stage of the laser assembly to generate laser output light having a wavelength in a range of 125 nm to 183 nm. One or more fundamental light beams having fundamental wavelengths between 1 and 1.1 μm are doubled and / or summed using a plurality of intermediate frequency conversion stages to generate one or more intermediate light beam frequencies, and then the final frequency conversion stage utilizes a nonlinear crystal to either double a single intermediate light beam frequency or to sum two intermediate light beam frequencies to generate a desired laser output light at high power and photon energy levels.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1