Title :
Nonlinear LBO and BBO crystals for extreme light sources
Author :
Kokh, A.E. ; Bekker, T.B. ; Kokh, K.A. ; Kononova, N.G. ; Vlezko, V.A. ; Villeval, P. ; Durst, S. ; Lupinski, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Geol. & Miner., SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
Abstract :
Using the approach of heat filed symmetry change and rotation LBO crystals of more than 1.5 kg of weight were grown from MoO3-containing melt-solution. High quality optical elements up to 65 mm in diameter were produced. At the same time with this approach we obtained high quality BBO crystals about 400 g using NaBaBO3 flux. Elements with apertures up to 30×30 mm2 were produced. The progress in the dimensions of grown crystals provides the opportunity to use them in laser systems of multi petawatt and exawatt power level.
Keywords :
barium compounds; crystal growth from melt; light sources; lithium compounds; nonlinear optics; optical materials; BBO; LiB3O5; exawatt power level; extreme light sources; laser systems; melt-solution based crystal growth; multipetawatt power level; nonlinear crystals; optical elements; Atomic measurements; Crystals; Heating;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Optoelectronics and Lasers (CAOL), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sevastopol
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7043-3
DOI :
10.1109/CAOL.2010.5634241
