Pyroelectricity and its role in optical damage of potassium titanyl phosphate crystals

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2966, Issue , 1997, Pages 41-47

  Cooke, D Wayne ^a   Bennett, Bryan L ^a   Muenchausen, Ross E ^a   Thomas, J C ^a   Cockroft, Nigel J ^a   Quagliano, John R ^a   Petrin, Roger R ^a   Maggiore, C J ^a   Paffett, M T ^a   Wayne, David M ^a   Taylor, T N ^a   Hawley, M ^a   Jacco, John C ^b   Scripsick, Michael P ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Crystal Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrochromic damage; KTP; Nonlinear optical crystals; Optical damage; Optical scintillations; Photochromic damage; Pyroelectric effects; Second harmonic generation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; DATA RECORDING; ELECTROCHROMISM; HARMONIC GENERATION; IRRADIATION; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOCHROMISM; POTASSIUM; PYROELECTRICITY; SCINTILLATION;

ELECTROCHROMIC DAMAGE; KTP; NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTALS; OPTICAL DAMAGE; OPTICAL SCINTILLATIONS; PHOTOCHROMIC DAMAGE; PYROELECTRIC EFFECTS; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 58149311223     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.274280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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