Recent advances of YCOB family nonlinear optical crystals

Author

Yoshimura, M. ; Mori, Y. ; Sasaki, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

Aug. 30 1999-Sept. 3 1999

Firstpage

94

Abstract

We have recently developed NLO crystals, the YCOB family, and found that Gd/sub x/Y/sub 1-x/Ca/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ (GdYCOB) is noncritically phase-matchable (NCPM) for third- and second-harmonic generation (THG, SHG) of a Nd:YAG laser at room temperature. Here, the NLO properties for THG and SHG are reviewed and discussed in relation to those of other nonlinear optical crystals such as LBO and KH/sub 2/PO/sub 4/ (KDP).

Keywords

gadolinium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical phase matching; yttrium compounds; Gd/sub x/Y/sub 1-x/Ca/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/; GdYCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/; NLO properties; Nd:YAG laser; SHG; THG; YCOB family; effective nonlinear coefficients; noncritical phase matching; nonlinear optical crystals; phase-matching angles; second-harmonic generation; third-harmonic generation; Bandwidth; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser beam cutting; Laser stability; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99. The Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul, South Korea

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5661-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.811640

Filename

811640