BaTi(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub>: an excellent birefringent material with highly coplanar isolated [BO<sub>3</sub>] groups
Mukeremu Aibibula, Jingyu Guo, Jian Han, Abudukadi Tudi, Zhihua Yang, Shilie Pan
Abstract
The birefringence of BaTi(BO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub> is equal to or larger than 0.169 at 546 nm (Δ<italic>n</italic><sub>(cal.)</sub> = 0.185 at 546 nm), which mainly originates from the high-density and parallel arrangement of the isolated [BO<sub>3</sub>] triangles in the unit cell.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryBirefringenceCrystallographyX-ray crystallographyOpticsDiffractionPhysicsCrystal Structures and PropertiesX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyOrganometallic Compounds Synthesis and Characterization