Absolute measurement of the effective nonlinearities of KTP and BBO crystals by optical parametric amplification

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2032-2040

  Armstrong, D J ^a   Alford, W J ^a   Raymond, T D ^a   Smith, A V ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

BBO crystals; KTP crystals; Second order nonlinear coefficients

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFICATION; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; CRYSTALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BARIUM BORATE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PHASE VELOCITY MISMATCH; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; SECOND ORDER NONLINEAR COEFFICIENTS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030122679     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002032     Document Type: Article

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