中国科学家创建了ABF晶体,为先进技术提供了高效的158.9纳米真空紫外线激光。 Chinese scientists created ABF crystal, enabling efficient 158.9 nm vacuum UV lasers for advanced tech.

中国科学家开发了一种新的水晶、氢氧化亚甲酸铵(ABF),首次直接多频率生产了158.9纳米的真空紫外线激光。 Chinese scientists have developed a new crystal, ammonium fluorooxoborate (ABF), enabling the first direct frequency-doubling to produce a vacuum ultraviolet laser at 158.9 nanometers. 这一突破是利用双相配法取得的,它克服了过去在日益扩大的大型、高质量晶体方面面临的挑战。 The breakthrough, achieved using birefringent phase-matching, overcomes past challenges in growing large, high-quality crystals. ABF显示出强大的VUV传输、强大的非线性反应和有利增长的特性,比KBBF等以前的材料有了显著进步。 ABF shows strong VUV transmittance, powerful nonlinear response, and favorable growth properties, offering a significant advance over previous materials like KBBF. 该开发在《自然》杂志上发表,标志着在对精确制造和科学研究至关重要的紧凑、高效的全固态VUV激光器方面向前迈出了一大步。 The development, published in Nature, marks a major step forward in compact, efficient all-solid-state VUV lasers, critical for precision manufacturing and scientific research. 研究人员旨在进一步改善水晶稳定性和激光性能,供今后应用。 Researchers aim to further improve crystal stability and laser performance for future applications.