Handbook of Nonlinear Optical Crystals
by Gurzadyan, G. G.; Dmitriev, V. G.; Nikogosian, D. N.Edition: 3rd
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-08-01
Publisher(s): Springer Verlag
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Summary
This is the third revised edition of the book originally published in 1991. It provides a complete description of the properties and applications of nonlinear crystals. In addition, it presents the most important equations for calculating the main parameters of nonlinear frequency converters. This comprehensive reference work is now updated and will be of great value to all scientists and engineers working in nonlinear optics, quantum electronics and laser physics.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Optics of Nonlinear Crystals | p. 3 |
| Three- and Four-Wave (Three- and Four-Frequency) Interactions in Nonlinear Media | p. 3 |
| Phase-Matching Conditions | p. 5 |
| Optics of Uniaxial Crystals | p. 6 |
| Types of Phase Matching in Uniaxial Crystals | p. 10 |
| Calculation of Phase-Matching Angles in Uniaxial Crystals | p. 13 |
| Reflection and Refraction of Light Waves at the Surfaces of Uniaxial Crystals | p. 14 |
| Optics of Biaxial Crystals | p. 16 |
| Types of Phase Matching in Biaxial Crystals | p. 18 |
| Calculation of Phase-Matching Angles in Biaxial Crystals | p. 19 |
| Crystal Symmetry and Effective Nonlinearity: Uniaxial Crystals | p. 23 |
| Crystal Symmetry and Effective Nonlinearity: Biaxial Crystals | p. 25 |
| Theory of Nonlinear Frequency-Conversion Efficiency | p. 32 |
| Wave Mismatch and Phase-Matching Bandwidth | p. 40 |
| Calculation of Nonlinear Frequency-Conversion Efficiency in Some Special Cases | p. 48 |
| Plane-Wave Fixed-Field Approximation | p. 49 |
| Fundamental Wave Depletion ("Nonlinear Regime") | p. 52 |
| SHG of a Divergent Fundamental Radiation Beam in the Fixed-Field Approximation | p. 54 |
| SHG of a Divergent Fundamental Radiation Beam in the Nonlinear Regime | p. 55 |
| Fixed-Intensity Approximation | p. 57 |
| Frequency Conversion of Ultrashort Laser Pulses | p. 59 |
| Frequency Conversion of Laser Beams with Limited Aperture in the Stationary Regime | p. 61 |
| Linear Absorption | p. 65 |
| Additional Comments | p. 65 |
| Properties of Nonlinear Optical Crystals | p. 67 |
| Basic Nonlinear Optical Crystals | p. 68 |
| LiB3O5, Lithium Triborate (LBO) | p. 68 |
| KH2PO4, Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate (KDP) | p. 78 |
| KD2PO4, Deuterated Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate (DKDP) | p. 85 |
| NH4H2PO4, Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate (ADP) | p. 90 |
| ß-BaB2O4, Beta-Barium Borate (BBO) | p. 96 |
| LiIO3, Lithium Iodate | p. 103 |
| KTiOPO4, Potassium Titanyl Phosphate (KTP) | p. 107 |
| LiNbO3, Lithium Niobate | p. 119 |
| KNbO3, Potassium Niobate | p. 126 |
| AgGaS2, Silver Thiogallate | p. 132 |
| ZnGeP2, Zinc Germanium Phosphide | p. 136 |
| Frequently Used Nonlinear Optical Crystals | p. 142 |
| KB5O8 · 4H2O, Potassium Pentaborate Tetrahydrate (KB5) | p. 142 |
| CO(NH2)2, Urea | p. 146 |
| CsH2AsO4, Cesium Dihydrogen Arsenate (CDA) | p. 149 |
| CsD2AsO4, Deuterated Cesium Dihydrogen Arsenate (DCDA) | p. 152 |
| KTiOAsO4, Potassium Titanyl Arsenate (KTA) | p. 156 |
| MgO : LiNbO3, Magnesium-Oxide-Doped Lithium Niobate | p. 159 |
| Ag3AsS3, Proustite | p. 162 |
| GaSe, Gallium Selenide | p. 166 |
| AgGaSe2, Silver Gallium Selenide | p. 169 |
| CdSe, Cadmium Selenide | p. 173 |
| CdGeAs2, Cadmium Germanium Arsenide | p. 176 |
| Other Inorganic Nonlinear Optical Crystals | p. 179 |
| KB5O8 · 4D2O, Deuterated Potassium Pentaborate Tetrahydrate (DKB5) | p. 179 |
| CsB3O5, Cesium Triborate (CBO) | p. 180 |
| BeSO4 · 4H2O, Beryllium Sulfate | p. 182 |
| MgBaF4, Magnesium Barium Fluoride | p. 184 |
| NH4D2PO4, Deuterated Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate (DADP) | p. 186 |
| RbH2PO4, Rubidium Dihydrogen Phosphate (RDP) | p. 188 |
| RbD2PO4, Deuterated Rubidium Dihydrogen Phosphate (DRDP) | p. 192 |
| KH2AsO4, Potassium Dihydrogen Arsenate (KDA) | p. 192 |
| KD2AsO4, Deuterated Potassium Dihydrogen Arsenate (DKDA) | p. 195 |
| NH4H2ASO4, Ammonium Dihydrogen Arsenate (ADA) | p. 196 |
| NH4D2AsO4, Deuterated Ammonium Dihydrogen Arsenate (DADA) | p. 198 |
| RbH2AsO4, Rubidium Dihydrogen Arsenate (RDA) | p. 199 |
| RbD2AsO4, Deuterated Rubidium Dihydrogen Arsenate (DRDA) | p. 202 |
| LiCOOH · H2O, Lithium Formate Monohydrate (LFM) | p. 204 |
| NaCOOH, Sodium Formate | p. 207 |
| Ba(COOH)2, Barium Formate | p. 209 |
| Sr(COOH)2, Strontium Formate | p. 210 |
| Sr(COO?)2 · 2H2O, Strontium Formate Dihydrate | p. 211 |
| LiGaO2, Lithium Gallium Oxide | p. 213 |
| ¿-HIO3, ¿-Iodic Acid | p. 214 |
| K2La(NO3)5 · 2H2O, Potassium Lanthanum Nitrate Dihydrate (KLN) | p. 217 |
| CsTiOAsO4, Cesium Titanyl Arsenate (CTA) | p. 220 |
| NaNO2, Sodium Nitrite | p. 221 |
| Ba2NaNb5O15, Barium Sodium Niobate ("Banana") | p. 224 |
| K2Ce(NO3)5 · 2H2O, Potassium Cerium Nitrate Dihydrate (KCN) | p. 227 |
| K3Li2Nb5O15, Potassium Lithium Niobate | p. 229 |
| HgGa2S4, Mercury Thiogallate | p. 231 |
| HgS, Cinnibar | p. 233 |
| Ag3SbS3, Pyrargyrite | p. 235 |
| Se, Selenium | p. 236 |
| Tl3AsS3, Thallium Arsenic Selenide (TAS) | p. 238 |
| Te, Tellurium | p. 240 |
| Other Organic Nonlinear Optical Crystals | p. 243 |
| C12H22O11, Sucrose (Saccharose) | p. 243 |
| L-Arginine Phosphate Monohydrate (LAP) | p. 245 |
| Deuterated L-Arginine Phosphate Monohydrate (DLAP) | p. 247 |
| L-Pyrrolidone-2-carboxylic Acid (L-PCA) | p. 250 |
| CaC4H4O6 · 4H2O, Calcium Tartrate Tetrahydrate (L-CTT) | p. 251 |
| (NH4)2C2O4 · H2O, Ammonium Oxalate (AO) | p. 253 |
| m-Bis(aminomethyl)benzene (BAMB) | p. 254 |
| 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxy-benzaldehyde (MHBA) | p. 256 |
| 2-Furyl Methacrylic Anhydride (FMA) | p. 258 |
| 3-Methyl-4-nitropyridine-1-oxide (POM) | p. 259 |
| Thienylchalcone (T-17) | p. 261 |
| 5-Nitrouracil (5NU) | p. 263 |
| 2-(N-Prolinol)-5-nitropyridine (PNP) | p. 265 |
| 2-Cyclooctylamino-5-nitropyridine (COANP) | p. 266 |
| L-N-(5-Nitro-2-pyridyl) leucinol (NPLO) | p. 268 |
| C6H4(NO2)2, m-Dinitrobenzene (MDNB) | p. 270 |
| 4-(N,N-Dimethylamino)-3-acetamidonitrobenzene (DAN) | p. 272 |
| Methyl-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-aminopropanoate (MAP) | p. 274 |
| m-Nitroaniline (MNA) | p. 276 |
| N-(4-Nitrophenyl)-N-methylaminoacetonitrile (NPAN) | p. 278 |
| N-(4-Nitrophenyl)-L-prolinol (NPP) | p. 280 |
| 3-Methyl-4-methoxy-4'-nitrostilbene (MMONS) | p. 281 |
| Properties of Crystalline Quartz (¿-SiO2) | p. 283 |
| New Developments | p. 286 |
| Applications of Nonlinear Crystals | p. 289 |
| Generation of Neodymium Laser Harmonics | p. 289 |
| Second-Harmonic Generation of Neodymium Laser Radiation in Inorganic Crystals | p. 289 |
| Second-Harmonic Generation of 1,064 ¿m Radiation in Organic Crystals | p. 294 |
| Intracavity SHG | p. 296 |
| Third-Harmonic Generation | p. 298 |
| Fourth-Harmonic Generation | p. 301 |
| Fifth-Harmonic Generation | p. 301 |
| Harmonic Generation of 1,318 ¿m Radiation | p. 304 |
| Harmonic Generation of High-Power Large-Aperture Neodymium Glass Laser Radiation | p. 306 |
| "Angle-Detuning" Scheme | p. 306 |
| "Polarization-Mismatch" Scheme | p. 306 |
| "Polarization-Bypass" Scheme | p. 308 |
| Comparison of Schemes | p. 308 |
| Experimental Results | p. 308 |
| "Quadrature" Scheme | p. 310 |
| Harmonic Generation for Other Laser Sources | p. 311 |
| Ruby Laser | p. 311 |
| Ti:sapphire Laser | p. 312 |
| Semiconductor Lasers | p. 312 |
| Dye Lasers | p. 315 |
| Gas Lasers | p. 320 |
| Iodine Laser | p. 321 |
| CO2 Laser | p. 324 |
| Other Lasers | p. 324 |
| Frequency Conversion of Femtosecond Pulses | p. 326 |
| Sum-Frequency Generation | p. 327 |
| Up-Conversion to the UV Region | p. 328 |
| Infrared Up-Conversion | p. 333 |
| Up-Conversion of CO2 Laser Radiation to the Near IR and Visible Regions | p. 336 |
| Difference Frequency Generation | p. 339 |
| DFG in the Visible Region | p. 339 |
| DFG in the Mid IR Region | p. 340 |
| DFG in the Far IR Region | p. 344 |
| Optical Parametric Oscillation | p. 345 |
| OPO in the UV, Visible, and Near IR Spectral Regions | p. 345 |
| OPO in the Mid IR Region | p. 359 |
| Conversion of OPO Radiation to the UV Region | p. 360 |
| Stimulated Raman Scattering and Picosecond Continuum Generation in Crystals | p. 362 |
| References | p. 367 |
| Appendix: List of Commonly Used Laser Wavelengths | p. 405 |
| Subject Index | p. 407 |
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