Title :
SHG of CO2 laser radiation at 10.6 μm in the highly nonlinear chalcopyrite LiGaTe2
Author :
Zondy, Jean-Jacques ; Bielsa, Franck ; Douillet, Albane ; Hilico, Laurent ; Acef, Ouali ; Petrov, Valentin ; Yelisseyev, Alexander ; Isaenko, Ludmila ; Krinitsin, Pavel
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de Metrol., Paris
Abstract :
Type-I phase-matching for second harmonic generation at 10.6 mum in LiGaTe2 is demonstrated and the effective nonlinearity (34.5 pm/V) for this process is estimated by comparison with AgGaSe2 using a tunable single-frequency continuous-wave CO2 laser.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; gallium compounds; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; CO2; LiGaTe2; SHG; nonlinear chalcopyrite; second harmonic generation; single-frequency continuous-wave laser; type-I phase-matching; wavelength 10.6 mum; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical refraction; Phase estimation; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452810