Second-order cascading effects in LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/ crystals

Author

Do Young Kim ; Min-su Kim ; Jiwon Kim ; Choon Sup Yoon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

839

Abstract

The second-order cascading effects in LBO crystals, which have high optical damage threshold and wide transparency range from 155 nm to 3.2 /spl mu/m, was investigated in the vicinity of non-critical phase-matching temperature by temperature tuning. Non-critical phase-matching temperature was measured and the dependence of phase mismatch on temperature was investigated. The nonlinear transmittance and nonlinear phase shift, as a function of temperature, were also measured.

Keywords

lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; LiB/sub 3/O/sub 5/; high optical damage threshold; mode locking; noncritical phase-matching temperature; nonlinear phase shift; nonlinear transmittance; phase mismatch; pulse contraction; second harmonic wave intensity; second-order cascading effects; temperature dependence; temperature tuning; wide transparency range; Chemical lasers; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser stability; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pumping; Phase measurement; Pump lasers; Temperature measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817860

Filename

817860