Title :
Enhancement of CsB3O5(CBO) crystal quality
Author :
Wang, Z. ; Rajesh, D. ; Yoshimura, M. ; Shimatani, H. ; Kawamura, T. ; Kitaoka, Y. ; Mori, Y. ; Sasaki, T.
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
CsB3O5 (CBO) is an excellent nonlinear optical crystal and can be grown by top-seeded solution growth (TSSG) from self flux solutions. In this research, crystals with different cooling rates were grown to attempt to improve the crystal quality. Our investigations showed that, after cooling process, the scattering centers and optical loss of CBO were decreased. The bulk laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) was found to be 1.5 times that of conventional cooling process.
Keywords :
caesium compounds; laser beam effects; nonlinear optics; optical losses; optical materials; CsB3O5; crystal quality; laser-induced damage threshold; nonlinear optical crystal; optical loss; self flux solutions; top-seeded solution growth; Cooling; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Light scattering; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical losses; Optical scattering; Solids; Temperature; Nonlinear optical materials; Top-seeded solution growth;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292220
