ULTRABROADBAND 2ND-HARMONIC GENERATION IN ORGANIC AND INORGANIC THIN-CRYSTALS

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WHITE, JO [1 ]
HULIN, D [1 ]
JOFFRE, M [1 ]
MIGUS, A [1 ]
ANTONETTI, A [1 ]
TOUSSAERE, E [1 ]
HIERLE, R [1 ]
ZYSS, J [1 ]
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[1] FRANCE TELECOM,CTR NATL ETUD TELECOMMUN,DEPT ELECTR QUANT & MOLEC,F-92220 BAGNEUX,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.111175
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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 mum 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-mum-thick KDP, when used in the wavelength noncritical phase-matched region centered around 1.03 mum. The conversion efficiencies of the 1-mum-thick MNA sample and of the 100-/mum-thick phase-matched KDP crystal are shown to be comparable. The results are of interest to the processing and measurement of femtosecond pulses.
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