HIGH 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITIES INDUCED IN LEAD SILICATE GLASS BY ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATION

Authors
KAZANSKY PG KAMAL A RUSSELL PSJ
Citation
Pg. Kazansky et al., HIGH 2ND-ORDER NONLINEARITIES INDUCED IN LEAD SILICATE GLASS BY ELECTRON-BEAM IRRADIATION, Optics letters, 18(9), 1993, pp. 693-695
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
693 - 695
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:9<693:H2NIIL>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A new technique for inducing a large permanent second-order susceptibi lity in lead silicate glass is reported. The procedure involves implan ting electrons by irradiating the glass with an electron beam. Second- order nonlinearities chi(2) as high as 0.7 pm/V are obtained.