Large and good-optical-quality crystals of gadolinium and calcium oxoborate, Ca4GdO(BO3)3 (GdCOB) have been grown from a melt by the Czochralski pulling method. The crystal is absolutely insensitive to moisture. Linear- and quadratic nonlinear-optical properties of this new monoclinic biaxial borate...
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