Quasi-phase-matched gallium arsenide for versatile mid-infrared frequency conversion

doi:10.1364/OME.2.001020

Quasi-phase-matched gallium arsenide for versatile mid-infrared frequency conversion

Arnaud Grisard, Eric Lallier, and Bruno Gérard »View Author Affiliations

Optical Materials Express, Vol. 2, Issue 8, pp. 1020-1025 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OME.2.001020

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Progress in processing low-loss quasi-phase-matched gallium arsenide crystals makes it possible to benefit from their excellent nonlinear properties in practical mid-infrared sources. This paper addresses both crystal growth aspects and the most recent device demonstrations.

OCIS Codes
(140.3070) Lasers and laser optics : Infrared and far-infrared lasers
(190.4400) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, materials

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Nonlinear Optical Materials

History
Original Manuscript: April 16, 2012
Revised Manuscript: June 28, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: July 2, 2012
Published: July 5, 2012

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Advances in Optical Materials (2012) Optical Materials Express

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Arnaud Grisard, Eric Lallier, and Bruno Gérard, "Quasi-phase-matched gallium arsenide for versatile mid-infrared frequency conversion," Opt. Mater. Express 2, 1020-1025 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ome/abstract.cfm?URI=ome-2-8-1020

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