Abstract: Crystals of the yttrium/aluminium/borate family are used for producing blue or UV light. To produce blue or UV light with the described crystal family a crystal of the family AxM1-xX3(BO3)4, wherein both A and also M stand for an element from the group Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, A?M and X=Al, Ga, Sc and 0?x?1, is used as a non-linear optical element to produce light of a wavelength of less than 0.450 ?m.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 8, 2011
Publication date:
February 9, 2012
Applicant:
Forschungsinstitut Fur Mineralische Und Metallisch Werkstoffe Edelstein/Edelmetalle GmbH
Inventors:
DANIEL RYTZ, ANDREAS GROSS, SOPHIE VERNAY, VOLKER WESEMANN