• DocumentCode
    444317
  • Title

    Defect density dependence of thermal conductivity and temperature control of quasi-phase matching devices

  • Author

    Kitamura, K. ; Takekawa, S. ; Nakamura, M. ; Kurimura, S. ; Louchev, O.

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Mater. Lab., Nat. Inst. for Mater. Sci., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    900
  • Abstract
    The thermal conductivities of LN and LT crystals were measured. They strongly depended on the nonstoichiometric defect density. Near-stoichiometric LT exhibited the largest thermal conductivity, which is promising a great advantage in QPM frequency conversion.
  • Keywords
    crystal defects; ferroelectric materials; lithium compounds; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical phase matching; stoichiometry; temperature control; thermal conductivity measurement; LN crystal; LT crystal; LiNbO3; LiTaO3; QPM frequency conversion; lithium niobate; lithium tantalate; nonlinear optical material; nonstoichiometric defect density; quasiphasematching device; temperature control; thermal conductivity; Conducting materials; Conductivity measurement; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Ferroelectric materials; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Temperature control; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-796-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2005.1548976
  • Filename
    1548976