Title :
Study of damage mechanisms of KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystals by cw laser
Author :
Xiaodong Mu ; Ding, Yujie J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given.Study on damage mechanisms is essential for the applications of KTiOPO/sub 4/ (KTP) crystals in cw high-power second-harmonic generation. Here, we report two types of optical damage induced by a cw argon laser. In addition, we have also demonstrated photorefractive two-wave mixing (TWM) in the KTP crystals. We have proposed different mechanisms to explain the laser damage in the KTP crystals.
Keywords :
laser beam effects; multiwave mixing; optical harmonic generation; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; KTP crystals; KTiOPO/sub 4/; KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystals; cw argon laser; cw high-power second-harmonic generation; cw laser; damage mechanisms; laser damage; optical damage; photorefractive two-wave mixing; Absorption; Crystals; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Petroleum; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906790
