Title :
Generation of coherent vacuum UV radiation in randomly quasi-phase-matched strontium tetraborate
Author :
Trabs, Peter ; Noack, Frank ; Aleksandrovsky, Aleksandr S. ; Zaitsev, Alexandre I. ; Petrov, Valentin
Author_Institution :
Max Born Inst. for Nonlinear Opt. & Short Pulse Spectrosc., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Tunable coherent radiation is generated in the VUV down to 121 nm using random quasi-phase-matching in strontium tetraborate, the shortest wavelength ever produced with a second-order nonlinear optical process in a solid-state material.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical phase matching; optical tuning; random processes; strontium compounds; ultraviolet spectra; coherent vacuum UV radiation generation; randomly quasiphase-matched strontium tetraborate; second-order nonlinear optical process; solid-state material; tunable coherent radiation; wavelength 121 nm; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Harmonic analysis; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
