A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solut...A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solution by employing NaBO2 as flux. The structure was deter- mined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Amm2 with a = 5.0744（10）, b = 10.990（2）, c = 6.9078（14） A, V = 385.24（13） A3, Dc = 4.941 g/cm3, F（000） = 250, Z = 2, μ= 9.205 mm-1, the final R = 0.0253 and wR = 0.0610. Its three-dimensional network structure is constructed from isolated BO33-, Na（1）O8, Na（2）O6, Na（3）O6 and Tb（1）O9 polyhedra. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is paramagnetic （μj = 7.04 μb）. The intensity of the second harmonic generation of Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9 is 2.5 times that of KDP.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91022025, 51072036)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2010J01284)
文摘A new nonlinear optical crystal of sodium terbium borate （Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9, Mr = 573.14） was synthesized by solid reaction method. The colorless transparent single crystals were grown from the high temperature solution by employing NaBO2 as flux. The structure was deter- mined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic system, space group Amm2 with a = 5.0744（10）, b = 10.990（2）, c = 6.9078（14） A, V = 385.24（13） A3, Dc = 4.941 g/cm3, F（000） = 250, Z = 2, μ= 9.205 mm-1, the final R = 0.0253 and wR = 0.0610. Its three-dimensional network structure is constructed from isolated BO33-, Na（1）O8, Na（2）O6, Na（3）O6 and Tb（1）O9 polyhedra. Variable-temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements show the compound is paramagnetic （μj = 7.04 μb）. The intensity of the second harmonic generation of Na2.67Tb2.11B3O9 is 2.5 times that of KDP.
