YAl3(BO3)4: A novel NLO crystal for frequency conversion to UV wavelengths

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6998, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rytz, Daniel ^a   Gross, Andreas ^a   Vernay, Sophie ^a   Wesemann, Volker ^a  

^a FEE GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; Generation of UV light; NLO crystals; YAB; YAl 3(BO3)4

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LASERS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

(140.3500) LASERS; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL (NLO) CRYSTALS; SOLID STATES; ULTRAVIOLET (UV) LIGHT;

SOLID STATE LASERS;

EID: 45149116498     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.780027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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