Linear and nonlinear optical properties of ferroelectric BaMgF4 and BaZnF4
- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 46 (11), 4645-4646
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.321541
Abstract
These first measurements of the nonlinear optical properties of fluorides (BaMgF4 and BaZnF4) show these air‐stable compounds to be noncritically phase matchable at room temperature for a 1.06‐μ pump. The highly ionic compounds are also quite resistant to optical damage (∼109 W/cm2). The materials should find applications as frequency doublers in cases where spatial power distribution makes crystals with walk off less desirable and/or cases where high pump powers require crystals which are resistent to damage.Keywords
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