METHODOLOGY FOR OPTICAL STUDIES OF NONLINEAR CRYSTALS - APPLICATION TO THE ISOMORPH FAMILY KTIOPO4, KTIOASO4, RBTIOASO4 AND CSTIOASO4

Authors
BOULANGER B FEVE JP MARNIER G MENAERT B
Citation
B. Boulanger et al., METHODOLOGY FOR OPTICAL STUDIES OF NONLINEAR CRYSTALS - APPLICATION TO THE ISOMORPH FAMILY KTIOPO4, KTIOASO4, RBTIOASO4 AND CSTIOASO4, Pure and applied optics, 7(2), 1998, pp. 239-256
Citations number
40
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Pure and applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09639659
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
239 - 256
Database
ISI
SICI code
0963-9659(1998)7:2<239:MFOSON>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
We develop a methodology for the measurement of quadratic nonlinear op tical properties of crystals. Our methods are mainly based on the use of the spherical geometry which allows, with only one crystal, accurat e measurements of the phase-matching directions and the associated ang ular acceptances, double-refraction angles and effective coefficients. These data constitute a reliable basis for the modelling of the secon d-order electric susceptibility of crystals and for the comparison bet ween materials.