Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 3, 0316002(2024)

Research Progress of Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Crystal K3B6O10Br (Invited)

Min Zhang1、*, Haoran Wang1, and Ling Zhang2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research Center for Crystal Materials, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang , China
  • 2Key Lab of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Materials

    Received: Oct. 11, 2023

    Accepted: Nov. 14, 2023

    Published Online: Feb. 22, 2024

    The Author Email: Min Zhang (zhangmin@ms.xjb.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP232281

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP232281

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