Title :
Optical damage resistant 70-mm-long periodically poled Mg doped stoichiometric LiNbO3 for low-threshold optical parametric generation
Author :
Maruyama, Masayuki ; Nakajima, Hirochika ; Kurimura, Sunao ; Kitamura, Kenji
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Waseda Univ., Tokyo
Abstract :
We report a 70-mm-long periodically poled Mg doped near stoichiometric LiNbO3 (PPMgSLN) for optical parametric generation (OPG). OPG was performed at room temperature and the threshold of 12.3 MW/cm2 was obtained at focusing parameter xi=1.5.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; magnesium; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical phase matching; LiNbO3:Mg; focusing parameter; low threshold; optical damage resistant; optical parametric generation; periodically poled; size 70 mm; Electronic mail; Laser excitation; Lithium niobate; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Photorefractive effect; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission; Temperature; Ultrafast optics; (160.3730) Lithium niobate; (190.4970) Parametric oscillations and amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627677
