Increasing the aperture of electric-field periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/

Author

Myers, L.E. ; Grayson, T.P. ; Bosenberg, W.R. ; Nelson, M.D. ; Dominic, V. ; Fejer, M.M. ; Byer, Robert L.

Author_Institution

USAF Wright Lab., Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

339

Lastpage

340

Abstract

Summary form only given. Periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ (PPLN) is useful for practical implementation of quasi-phase-matched nonlinear optics. Up to now the fabrication technique of electric-field-poling with lithographically-defined electrodes has been limited to substrates /spl les/0.5-mm thick, imposing limitations in high-power applications where large apertures are desired. In this paper the authors present a method to increase the substrate thickness, thus allowing the development of larger apertures.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; lithium compounds; optical fabrication; optical materials; LiNbO/sub 3/; aperture; electric-field periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/; fabrication; high-power applications; lithographically-defined electrodes; quasi-phase-matched nonlinear optics; substrate thickness; Apertures; Gratings; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Power amplifiers; Resonance; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864761