Title :
Some optical properties of KTP, LiIO3, and LiNbO3
Author :
Gettemy, D.J. ; Harker, William C. ; Lindholm, Glenn ; Barnes, N.P.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
fDate :
11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Measurements of the absorption coefficient for KTP, LiIO3 , and LiNbO3 are discussed. The variation of the refractive index with temperature has been measured for KTP and LiIO3. It is necessary to know both the absorption coefficient β and the variation in the indexes of refraction with temperature change dn/dT to determine the average power limit of a nonlinear interaction. With the dn/dT information, it is also possible to estimate the temperature half width of any nonlinear interaction by calculating the variation of the phase-matching condition with temperature
Keywords :
lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical constants; potassium compounds; refractive index; KTP; KTiOPO4; KTiOPO4; LiIO3; LiNbO3; absorption coefficient; average power limit; nonlinear interaction; phase-matching condition; refractive index; temperature half width; Absorption; Collimators; Detectors; Face detection; Laboratories; Lenses; Optical frequency conversion; Refractive index; Temperature measurement; Thermal conductivity;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
