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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 15, Iss. 17 — Aug. 20, 2007
  • pp: 10576–10583

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Interband photorefractive effect in β-BBO crystal due to multiphoton excitation by intense ultrashort optical pulses

Shixiang Xu, Hua Cai, and Heping Zeng  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 17, pp. 10576-10583 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.15.010576


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Abstract

This paper presents the first experimental observation of interband photo- refractive (PR) effects in β-BBO crystal due to multiphoton excitation with intense ultrashort pulses. In order to fully characterize the PR effects, a sensitive intracavity scheme is developed to magnify the dynamics of nonlinear lenses induced by the PR effects. The reproducible PR phenomena depend strongly on the power, wavelength, and spatial intensity profile of the intense laser pulses and the electro-optic coefficient of the optical materials. Its response time is from tens of seconds to several minutes. The results may be very helpful for us to find a solution to overcome the deleterious influence of multiphoton induced photo-charges on nonlinear optical frequency conversions, e.g. optical parametric chirped pulse amplification.

© 2007 Optical Society of America

OCIS Codes
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(190.5330) Nonlinear optics : Photorefractive optics
(320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

ToC Category:
Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: May 14, 2007
Revised Manuscript: July 10, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: July 22, 2007
Published: August 7, 2007

Citation
Shixiang Xu, Hua Cai, and Heping Zeng, "Interband photorefractive effect in β-BBO crystal due to multiphoton excitation by intense ultrashort optical pulses," Opt. Express 15, 10576-10583 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-17-10576


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