Optical, vibrational, thermal, electrical, damage, and phase-matching properties of lithium thioindate

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1981-2007

  Fossier, Sandrine ^a   Salaün, Sophie ^a   Mangin, Jacques ^a   Bidault, Olivier ^a   Thénot, Isabelle ^b   Zondy, Jean Jacques ^b   Chen, Weidong ^c   Rotermund, Fabian ^d,h   Petrov, Valentin ^d   Petrov, Plamin ^e   Henningsen, Jes ^e   Yelisseyev, Alexander ^f   Isaenko, Ludmila ^f   Lobanov, Sergei ^f   Balachninaite, Ona ^g,i   Slekys, Gintas ^g,i   Sirutkaitis, Valdas ^g,i  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b Laboratoire Systemes de Reference Temps Espace   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^d MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e DANISH FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Denmark)

^f SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g Altechna Co Ltd   (Lithuania)

^h Ajou University   (South Korea)

ⁱ VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER DAMAGE; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

LITHIUM THIOINDATE; PHASE MATCHING; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 9244241533     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.001981     Document Type: Article

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