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Recent progress in the development of KBe2BO3F2: a deep-UV nonlinear optical crystal

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This review mainly introduces in detail the progress of KBBF crystal over the last decade, with a full description of its crystal growth, new phase in hydrothermal growth, revised Sellmeier equations of the refractive index, improved prism-coupled devices, and the related new deep-UV laser sources. Several important applications on angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy will be reviewed. Finally, we give a prospect about the future development of KBBF crystals.

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We acknowledge collaborations with Prof. Zuyan Xu’s group in developing deep-UV lasers. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51890864), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11888101, 11922414), the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB25000000). We would like to commemorate Professor Chen Chuangtian with this article.

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Liu, L., Zhao, L., Zhou, X. et al. Recent progress in the development of KBe2BO3F2: a deep-UV nonlinear optical crystal. Appl. Phys. B 128, 17 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-021-07744-0

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