A STUDY OF THE GROWTH-KINETICS AND INCLUSIONS OF BETA-BAB2O4 CRYSTALS

Authors
RAJA CR GOBINATHAN R GNANAM FD
Citation
Cr. Raja et al., A STUDY OF THE GROWTH-KINETICS AND INCLUSIONS OF BETA-BAB2O4 CRYSTALS, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 5(19), 1993, pp. 257-262
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Journal of physics. Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
09538984
Volume
5
Issue
19
Year of publication
1993
Pages
257 - 262
Database
ISI
SICI code
0953-8984(1993)5:19<257:ASOTGA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Single crystals of beta barium borate (beta-BaB2O4 or BBO), an importa nt new nonlinear optical material, were grown by the flux method. Sinc e the beta-phase is the low-temperature phase, these crystals were gro wn using Na2O solution to avoid the alpha-beta phase transformation en countered when crystals are grown directly from the melt. The grown cr ystals were studied using scanning electron microscopy and the results are reported.