DocumentCode
1066395
Title
Electrooptical compensation for self-heating in CD*A during second-harmonic generation
Author
Hon, David T.
Author_Institution
Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA, USA
Volume
12
Issue
2
fYear
1976
fDate
2/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
148
Lastpage
151
Abstract
A pulsed electric field is used to fine tune the phase-matching conditions in temperature-tuned CD*A for second-harmonic generation (SHG) to 0.53 μ from a 1.06-μ laser. By changing the pulse-width of the 
field, the clamped and unclamped electrooptic (EO) effects are studied, resulting in the determination of 
cm/V (electrooptic constant) and the product 
cm/V (elastooptic and piezoelectric constants, respectively) at 102°C. A steady 57-percent efficient SHG was obtained for 10.4 W of 1.06 μ laser light in CDA. The usual instability caused by self-heating was eliminated electrooptically.
field, the clamped and unclamped electrooptic (EO) effects are studied, resulting in the determination of cm/V (electrooptic constant) and the product cm/V (elastooptic and piezoelectric constants, respectively) at 102°C. A steady 57-percent efficient SHG was obtained for 10.4 W of 1.06 μ laser light in CDA. The usual instability caused by self-heating was eliminated electrooptically.Keywords
Aircraft; Crystals; Electrooptic effects; Frequency conversion; Laser tuning; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1976.1069089
Filename
1069089
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