Investigation of the optical homogeneity of nonlinear crystals by a new single shot method

Author

Friess, L.K. ; Wesemann, V. ; L´huillier, J.A. ; Borsutzky, A. ; Wallenstein, R.

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

225

Abstract

In the presented method a fs-light source with a broad spectrum is used to measure the wavelength dependence of the SHG efficiency and relating the efficiency to the homogeneity of the birefringence with a spatial resolution of 75 μm. The method provides also the spectral acceptance and the central phase matching wavelength in the single shot measurement. The wide tuning range of the used Ti:sapphire (680-1100 nm) will allow in the same way the investigation and characterization of other nonlinear crystals appropriate for SHG at these wavelengths.

Keywords

birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; image resolution; infrared spectra; laser tuning; measurement by laser beam; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical phase matching; sapphire; solid lasers; titanium; 680 to 1100 nm; Al₂O₃:Ti; SHG efficiency; birefringence; fs-light source; laser tuning range; nonlinear crystal; optical homogeneity investigation; phase matching wavelength; single shot method; spatial resolution; spectral acceptance; Birefringence; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Laser mode locking; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Spatial resolution; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312286

Filename

1312286