Author :
Badikov, V. ; Fintisova, A. ; Panutin, V. ; Sheina, S. ; Scherbakov, S. ; Shevyrdyaeva, G. ; Don, A. ; Mitin, K. ; Schebetova, N. ; Seryogin, A. ; Sinaisky, V. ; Kuzmin, N. ; Laptev, V. ; Malinovsky, A. ; Ryabov, E. ; Mangin, J. ; Gadret, G. ; Jules, J.C.
Author_Institution :
High Tech. Lab., Kuban State Univ., Krasnodar, Russia
Abstract :
High-quality Hg/sub 1-x/Cd/sub x/Ga/sub 2/S/sub 4/ crystals were grown. Their main optical and thermophysical properties were investigated. Efficient Nd:YAG pumped optical parametric oscillators were demonstrated using these crystals which appear promising for powerful tunable generation in the mid-infrared.
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; cadmium compounds; gallium compounds; mercury compounds; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; refractive index; specific heat; thermal conductivity; thermal expansion; thermo-optical effects; transparency; Hg/sub 1-x/Cd/sub x/Ga/sub 2/S/sub 4/; Nd:YAG pumped optical parametric oscillators; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; mid-infrared parametric oscillators; optical properties; thermophysical properties; tunable generation;
