Two Scandium borate UV NLO crystals designed through chemical element substitution

Key Points

• The aim is to synthesize and characterize two new UV nonlinear optical crystals using element substitution techniques.
• Rational elemental substitution to create borate crystals
• Synthesis of RNSSBO and NRSSBO crystals
• Characterization of crystal structure and optical properties
• RNSSBO presents a notable UV cutoff edge
• Both crystals exhibit unique structural characteristics
• Elemental substitution successfully alters optical properties