Rubidium titanyl arsenate difference-frequency generation and validation of new Sellmeier coefficients
- 1 September 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 13 (9) , 1935-1940
- https://doi.org/10.1364/josab.13.001935
Abstract
Rubidium titanyl arsenate (RTA), a crystallographic isomorph of potassium titanyl phosphate, shows promise for nonlinear-frequency generation throughout the 1–5-μm spectral region. Difference-frequency generation in an RTA crystal produced tunable output in the 3.2–4.2-μm wavelength range. A single 1.064-μm Nd:YAG laser pumped both a LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator used to generate a tunable signal beam and the RTA crystal used for difference-frequency generation. Conversion efficiencies were limited to 4% primarily by the large beam divergence of the signal beam. Phase-matching measurements were in excellent agreement with new IR-corrected RTA Sellmeier equations based on refractive-index measurements.Keywords
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