Method for radiation conversion with bismuth borate crystals

US6264858A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• FEE - Forschungsinstitut fur Mineralische und Mettallische Werkstoffe Edelsteine/Edelmetalle GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ladislav Bohaty · Cologne, DE
• Petra Becker · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
• Holger Hellwig · Cologne, DE
• Josef Liebertz

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02F1/3551
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Bismuth borates in crystalline form with non-linearly optical properties. Bismuth borate crystals are used for radiation conversion. The crystal is created with non-linearly optical properties which has non-linearly optical coefficients which exceed those of crystals used hitherto in the application and which is easy, inexpensive to produce and of high optical quality.