SHG in doped GaSe:In crystals

Opt Express. 2008 Jun 23;16(13):9978-85. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.009978.

Abstract

Optical transmission range and phase matching (PM) conditions for second harmonic generation (SHG) of Er3+:YSGG and CO2 laser in indium doped GaSe:In(0.1, 1.23, 2.32 mass%) are studied in comparison with these in pure and sulfur doped GaSe:S(0.09, 0.5, 2.2, 3 mass%) crystals. No changes in transparency curve are found in GaSe crystals up to 2.32 mass% indium content, but as small change as 0.18 degrees in PM angle for 2.79 microm Er3+:YSGG laser SHG and approximately 0.06 degrees for 9.58 microm CO2 laser emission line SHG are detected. PM properties of the crystals are evaluated as a function of temperature over the range from -165 to 230 degrees C. The value of dtheta/dT, the change in PM angle with variation of temperature, is found to be very small for GaSe:In crystals. While for SHG of Er3+:YSGG laser, dtheta/dT =22"/1 degrees C only, it is as small as -4.9"/1 degrees C for that of CO2 laser radiation. Linear variation of PM angle with temperature increasing is an indicator of absence of crystals structure transformation within temperature range from -165 to 230 degrees C. Thus, application of GaSe:In solid solutions in high average power nonlinear optical systems seems to be prospective.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Crystallization / methods*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Gallium / chemistry*
  • Lasers, Solid-State*
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Selenium / chemistry*
  • Transducers*

Substances

  • gallium selenide
  • Gallium
  • Selenium