Application of thermal, laser and ionizing radiation conditioning for quality improvement of KDP and DKDP single crystals

Author

Levchenko, A.N. ; Shulga, V.M. ; Pritula, I.M. ; Velikhov, Yu N. ; Kostyk, V.V.

Author_Institution

Kharkov Nat. Univ., Ukraine

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

33

Abstract

The investigation carried out on the industrial crystals and analysis of the works of the different authors show that any choice of one or another method for the improvement of the qualities of the KH₂PO₄ (KDP) and KD₂PO₄ (DKDP) crystals depends on the specific application of the crystals and the types of defects in the crystals. The thermal conditioning can be effectively used for recovering optical transparency of gamma, X-ray, or UV irradiated crystals. The thermal and laser conditioning methods improving laser damage threshold are effective for the crystals used for the frequency, conversion of the high-intensive laser radiation. It is necessary to use the ionizing radiation conditioning method for the crystals worked.. at the ionizing irradiation conditions.

Keywords

X-ray effects; gamma-ray effects; laser beam effects; optical materials; potassium compounds; KD₂PO₄; KH₂PO₄; crystal defects; industrial crystals; ionizing irradiation conditions; ionizing radiation conditioning method; laser damage threshold; laser radiation conditioning; single crystals; thermal radiation conditioning; Absorption; Annealing; Crystals; Ionizing radiation; Laser applications; Luminescence; Nonlinear optics; Paramagnetic resonance; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

4thLaser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2002. Proceedings of LFNM 2002. International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7372-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LFNM.2002.1014096

Filename

1014096