• DocumentCode
    3002875
  • Title

    Broadband frequency doubling an unpoled SBN crystals in the thermal focusing regime

  • Author

    Fischer, Robert ; Saltiel, Solomon M. ; Neshev, Dragomir N. ; Krolikowski, Wieslaw ; Kivshar, Yuri S.

  • Author_Institution
    Nonlinear Phys. Centre & Laser Phys. Centre, Canberra
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We study experimentally broadband noncollinear second-harmonic generation in unpoled Strontium Barium Niobate crystals. We show the effects of thermal self-focusing on the parametric conversion, including spatial localization of the second-harmonic, increased efficiency, and spectral broadening.
  • Keywords
    optical harmonic generation; optical self-focusing; spectral line broadening; strontium compounds; SrBaNbO3; broadband frequency doubling; noncollinear generation; parametric conversion; second-harmonic generation; spatial localization; spectral broadening; thermal self-focusing; unpoled SBN crystals; unpoled strontium barium niobate crystals; Barium; Crystals; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Physics; Strontium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452474
  • Filename
    4452474