Caesium Lithium Borate: a New Nonlinear Optical Crystal

T. Sasaki, Yusuke Mori, Ikuo Kuroda, Shinya Nakajima, Kazuya Yamaguchi, Seiya Watanabe, S. Nakai

Acta Crystallographica Section C Crystal Structure Communications · 1995 · 73 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

The structure of the title compound, CsLiB 6 O 10 , comprises eight-coordinate Cs atoms and four-coordinate Li atoms, and an anion network of chains formed from B 3 O 7 groups. The Cs and Li atoms occupy alternate sites in the channel along the c axis.