Book description
This clear and self-contained review of the last four decades of
research highlights in the hot field of nonlinear optical (NLO)
crystals, particularly of borate-based ultraviolet and deep-ultraviolet
NLO crystals, covers three major subjects: the structure-property
relationship in borate crystals, the structural and optical
characteristics of various promising borate crystals, and their fruitful
applications in a wide range of scientific and technological fields.
Edited by the discoverers and users of these optical borate crystals,
this is a readily accessible reading for semiconductor, applied and
solid state physicists, materials scientists, solid state chemists,
manufacturers of optoelectronic devices, and those working in the
optical industry.
Changtian Chen is a research professor at Technical Institute of
Physics and Chemistry, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and is a
member both of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World and CAS.
He proposed and developed a theoretical model named ?anionic group
theory? of nonlinear optical (NLO) effect in crystals. On the basis of
the theoretical model and calculation method, his group has discovered a
series of new generation borate NLO crystals, such as BBO (?-BaB2O4),
LBO (LiB3O5) and KBBF (KBe2BO3F2). In recognition of his outstanding
contributions to the development of new NLO crystals of borate series,
Prof. Chen was awarded the chemistry award of the Academy of Sciences
for the Developing World in 1988. he and his colleagues also won the CAS
Special Class Prize and a First Class National Invention Prize in 1986
and 1991, respectively. Recently, he again won ?The Outstanding Research
Achievement Award? of the Qiu Shi Science and Technologies Foundation
for his outstanding contributions to the discovery and development of
KBBF and applications of the crystal.
Takatomo Sasaki is a professor emeritus and visiting professor of
Graduates School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan. His major
research topic is laser and optical nonlinear crystals for UV region and
their industrial applications. Professor Sasaki has received the Lion
Prize in France for the Acknowledgement of Scientific Value and Research
Activities, the Scientific Award from The Korean Association of Crystal
Growth (ACG) and various awards from the Japanese ACG, the Institute of
Electrical Engineering of Japan and the Laser Society of Japan for
development of new nonlinear optical crystals for ultra-violet light
generation. He has been Chairman of Japanese ACG from 2004.
