The bulk laser damage threshold of lithium triborate (LiB3O5) single crystals were determined to be 45.0 GW/cm2 at 1.064 μm, 1.1 ns pulse width. The damage threshold was dependent on pulse duration and wavelength: at 1.064 μm, 25 ns the damage threshold was 11.2 GW/cm2, at 0.532 μm, 1.0 ns the damage threshold was 26 GW/cm2; and at 0.355 μm, 0.9 ns the damage threshold was 21.9 GW/cm2. To the best of our knowledge this is the highest value reported among inorganic frequency conversion crystals, and approximately 1.8 times higher than that of fused silica.
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