SHG properties of K/sub 3/Li/sub 2-x/Nb/sub 5+x/O/sub 15+2x/ single crystals grown by the micro-pulling-down method

Author

Imai, Koichi ; Taniuchi, Tetsuo ; Fukuda, Toshio ; Imaeda, M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Mater. Res., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

15

Lastpage

16

Abstract

Summary form only given. Potassium lithium niobate (K/sub 3/Li/sub 2-x/Nb/sub 5+x/O/sub 15+2x/: KLN) has been expected as a hopeful material for SHG blue laser because of its excellent features such as a large nonlinear coefficients, high optical damage resistance, and wide noncritical phase-matching characteristics at room temperature. We have studied SHG properties of /spl mu/-pulling down (PD)-grown KLN single crystals both along and perpendicular to the growth axis.

Keywords

crystal growth from melt; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; potassium compounds; solid lasers; stimulated emission; /spl mu/-pulling down grown; K/sub 3/Li/sub 2-x/Nb/sub 5+x/O/sub 15+2x/ single crystals; K/sub 3/Li/sub 2/Nb/sub 2/O/sub 5/; KLN single crystals; SHG blue laser; SHG properties; growth axis; high optical damage resistance; large nonlinear coefficients; micro-pulling-down method; potassium lithium niobate; room temperature; wide noncritical phase-matching characteristics; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Lithium niobate; Niobium; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical materials; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864302