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Abstract
A popular crystal for ultrafast cascading experiments is beta-barium-borate (β-BaB2O4, BBO). It has a decent quadratic nonlinear coefficient, and because the crystal is anisotropie it can be birefringence phase-matched for type I (oo → e) second-harmonic generation (SHG). For femtosecond experiments BBO is popular because of low dispersion and a high damage threshold. The main attractive property of ultrafast cascading is that the induced cascading nonlinearity nI 2, casc can be negative, i.e. generate a self-defocusing Kerr-like nonlinearity. However, the material Kerr nonlinearity nI 2, Kerr is self-focusing and competes with the cascading nonlinearity. Therefore, precise knowledge of its strength is crucial. We perform an experiment measuring the main c ü tensor component, and together with literature experimental data [1], we propose a cu value composed of 14 different data points
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CLEO/Europe 2013 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication date | 2013 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-0594-2 |
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Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Event | 2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-IQEC) - Munich, Germany Duration: 12 May 2013 → 16 May 2013 http://www.cleoeurope.org/ |
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Conference | 2013 Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics Europe & the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-IQEC) |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Munich |
Period | 12/05/2013 → 16/05/2013 |
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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe 2013 (CLEO Europe)
Guo, H. (Participant)
12 May 2013 → 16 May 2013Activity: Attending an event › Participating in or organising a conference