Gain optimization with respect to the thickness of a sillenite crystal

Authors
Shepelevich, VV Hu, Y Firsov, A Shamonina, E Ringhofer, KH
Citation
Vv. Shepelevich et al., Gain optimization with respect to the thickness of a sillenite crystal, APP PHYS B, 68(5), 1999, pp. 923-929
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS
ISSN journal
09462171 → ACNP
Volume
68
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
923 - 929
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(199905)68:5<923:GOWRTT>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Simple analytical expressions for the dependence of the maximum gain on the polarization angle of the interacting light waves and the crystal thicknes s are obtained for two-wave mixing in a cubic optically active piezoelectri c crystal. By applying the theory to Bi12SiO20 and Bi12TiO20 crystals, the optimum gain is found also with respect to the grating orientation. The rol e of the (inverse) piezoelectric effect is investigated.