Quantitative evaluation of the electro-optic effect and second-order optical nonlinearity of lithium tantalate crystals of different compositions using Raman and infrared spectroscopy

Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 423-430

  Kostritskii, S M ^a   Bourson, P ^b   Aillerie, M ^b   Fontana, M D ^b   Kip, D ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b SUPELEC   (France)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; RAMAN SCATTERING; STOICHIOMETRY;

INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; LITHIUM TANTALATE CRYSTALS; PHONON BANDS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 32044431635     PISSN: 09462171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00340-005-2046-4     Document Type: Article

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