| Автор | K F Hulme |
| Дата выпуска | 1973-05-01 |
| dc.description | Describes the phenomena fundamental to efficient optical frequency mixing of laser beams in transparent, acentric birefringent crystals, with particular emphasis on phase-matching, effective nonlinear coefficients and results for focused beams. Methods for measuring nonlinear coefficients, for predicting them by semi-empirical rules and for seeking improved crystals are reviewed. The properties of crystals known at this time to be useful for efficient phase-matched optical frequency mixing are tabulated; features important for the growth and preparation of samples with high optical quality are discussed. Recent achievements in applying the crystals are reviewed in sections on optical second-harmonic generation of laser light, optical parametric oscillators as tunable laser-like sources, infrared signal and image upconverters and difference-frequency generators. Applications to other technologies (piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, electro-optic modulation) are briefly mentioned. Prospects of developing improved crystals or of using existing crystals in more sophisticated ways are assessed. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Название | Nonlinear optical crystals and their applications |
| Тип | rev |
| DOI | 10.1088/0034-4885/36/5/001 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1361-6633 |
| Print ISSN | 0034-4885 |
| Журнал | Reports on Progress in Physics |
| Том | 36 |
| Первая страница | 497 |
| Последняя страница | 540 |
| Аффилиация | K F Hulme; Royal Radar Establ., Malvern, UK |
| Выпуск | 5 |
