Ba5Zn4(BO3)6: A Nonlinear-Optical Material with Reinforced Interlayer Connections and Large Second-Harmonic-Generation Response

Meihong Duan; Mingjun Xia; Rukang Li

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01866

Ba₅Zn₄(BO₃)₆: A Nonlinear-Optical Material with Reinforced Interlayer Connections and Large Second-Harmonic-Generation Response

Inorg Chem. 2017 Oct 2;56(19):11458-11461. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01866. Epub 2017 Sep 12.

Authors

Meihong Duan^{1

2}, Mingjun Xia¹, Rukang Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 28895731
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01866

Abstract

A nonlinear-optical crystal Ba₅Zn₄(BO₃)₆ (BZBO) is obtained that is constructed with [Zn₄(BO₃)₄O₆]_∞ units bridged by planar BO₃ groups along the a axis based on the flexibility of the BO₃ and ZnO₄ groups. The distance between adjacent [Zn₄(BO₃)₄O₆]_∞ layers in BZBO is 5.07 Å, which is much shorter than those of KBe₂BO₃F₂, Ba₂Zn(BO₃)₂, and Na₂CsBe₆B5O₁₅. The smaller interlayer spacing and stronger bond between neighboring layers of BZBO contribute to a better growth habit than those of the other three. Also, with the cooperation of two kinds of nonlinear-optical active groups, BO₃ and ZnO₄, BZBO exhibits a large second-harmonic-generation response of about 2.6 times that of KDP.