The interest in the use of borate crystals in nonlinear optics (NLO) has increased because all solid-stateshort-wavelength lasers obtained with NLO are in highly demand. Much effort has been spent on developingborates series, such as β-BaB
20
4 (BBO) and LiB
3O
5 (LBO), in this decade. Recently another new boratecrystals, CsLiB
6O
10 (CLBO), GdCa
40 (B0
3)
3 (GdCOB), YCa
40 (B0
3)
3 (YCOB) and Sr
2Be
2B
2O
7 (SBBO) families, have been discovered and developed. Here, the growth, NLO and frequency conversion properties ofthese new borate crystals are reviewed, with emphasis on the history of the development of this crystal group.
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