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Linear and nonlinear optical properties of borate crystals as calculated from the first principles

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With the development of the state-of-the-art band calculation scheme and massively parallel processing in the high performance computing, we are now able to calculate all important physical properties, including (i) the nonlinear susceptibility; (ii) the multiphoton absorption rate; (iii) the birefringence; and (iv) the energy gap, from the first principles for complex practical nonlinear optical crystals, such as the borate crystal series, with an accuracy acceptable for materials development/design, and answer the questions often raised by the material scientists.

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Wang, DS. Linear and nonlinear optical properties of borate crystals as calculated from the first principles. Bull Mater Sci 26, 159–163 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02712806

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