Temperature dependences of the electro-optic coefficient in DKDP crystal

Author

Takeuchi, Y. ; Yoshida, A. ; Tokita, S. ; Fujita, M. ; Kawanaka, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of laser Eng., Osaka Univ., Osaka

fYear

2007

fDate

26-31 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We have investigated the temperature dependence of the electro-optic coefficients of the DKDP crystal at low temperature. In the experiments, the lowest half-wave voltage was 551 V at the crystal temperature of 231 K, which corresponded to 1/8 of that at the room temperature.

Keywords

Pockels effect; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser variables measurement; potassium compounds; temperature measurement; DKDP; DKDP crystal; Peltier module; Pockels cell; crystal temperature; electro-optic coefficient; half-wave retardation voltage; laser intensity measurement; semiconductor electrical switches; temperature 231 K; temperature 293 K to 298 K; temperature dependence; ultra-short pulse laser system; vacuum chamber; voltage 551 V; Chemical lasers; Crystalline materials; Electrooptic modulators; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical materials; Probes; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Voltage; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1173-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1174-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391521

Filename

4391521