Title :
Nondestructive quality evaluation of periodically poled lithium niobate crystals by diffraction-noise measurement
Author :
Lim, Hwan Hong ; Pandiyan, Krishnamoorthy ; Kang, Yeon Sook ; Kim, Byoung Joo ; Cha, Myoungsik
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Pusan Nat. Univ., Busan, South Korea
Abstract :
We derived an expression for the noise between the diffraction orders from a random grating. The result was applied to analyze the statistical duty-cycle error in PPLN, providing an efficient means for poling quality evaluation.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; light diffraction; lithium compounds; nondestructive testing; optical materials; periodic structures; LiNbO3; diffraction-noise measurement; nondestructive quality evaluation; periodically poled lithium niobate crystals; random grating; statistical duty-cycle error; Crystals; Diffraction gratings; Ferroelectric materials; Laser beams; Lithium niobate; Noise measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical diffraction; Optical harmonic generation; Optical noise;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
