Linear- and nonlinear-optical properties of a new gadolinium calcium oxoborate crystal, Ca4GdO(BO3)3

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2238-2247

  Aka, G ^a   Kahn Harari, A ^a   Mougel, F ^a   Vivien, D ^a   Salin, F ^b   Coquelin, P ^b   Colin, P ^b   Pelenc, D ^c   Damelet, J P ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^c SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALS; GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CZOCHRALSKI PULLING METHOD; GADOLINIUM CALCIUM OXOBORATE;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 0031236581     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.14.002238     Document Type: Article

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