Ultrabroadband second-harmonic generation in organic and inorganic thin crystals

J. O. White; D. Hulin; M. Joffre; A. Migus; A. Antonetti; E. Toussaere; R. Hierle; J. Zyss

doi:10.1063/1.111175

Ultrabroadband second-harmonic generation in organic and inorganic thin crystals

J. O. White
, D. Hulin
, M. Joffre
, A. Migus
, A. Antonetti
, E. Toussaere
, R. Hierle
, J. Zyss

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Abstract

Organic thin crystals of 2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (MNA) have been used to frequency double simultaneously all components of a broadband continuum using a non-phase-matched configuration. A 1 μm sample of MNA permits to convert, in a single pulse, wavelengths in the band 600-1400 nm to the 300-700 nm band. Using the same technique, we also evidence the remarkably large bandwidth of a 100-μm-thick KDP, when used in the wavelength noncritical phase-matched region centered around 1.03 μm. The conversion efficiencies of the 1-μm-thick MNA sample and of the 100-μm-thick phase-matched KDP crystal are shown to be comparable. The results are of interest to the processing and measurement of femtosecond pulses.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	264-266
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	64
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.111175
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 1994

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