Growth and ultraviolet application of Li2B4O7 crystals: Generation of the fourth and fifth harmonics of Nd:Y3Al5O12 lasers

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Komatsu, R
Sugawara, T
Sassa, K
Sarukura, N
Liu, Z
Izumida, S
Segawa, Y
Uda, S
Fukuda, T
Yamanouchi, K
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[1] OKAZAKI NATL RES INST,INST MOL SCI,OKAZAKI,AICHI 444,JAPAN
[2] INST PHYS & CHEM RES,PHOTODYNAM RES CTR,AOBA KU,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
[3] TOHOKU UNIV,INST MAT RES,AOBA KU,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
[4] TOHOKU UNIV,ELECT COMMUN RES INST,AOBA KU,SENDAI,MIYAGI 980,JAPAN
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10.1063/1.119210
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A 2 in. diam single crystal of lithium tetraborate (Li2B4O7) was successfully grown by the Czochralski method. The crystal was free from macrodefects and had a dislocation density as low as 100/cm(2). It had an excellent homogeneity of the refractive index and a wide transparency down to 170 nm. The optical damage threshold was 40 GW/cm(2). Second-harmonic generation and sum frequency generation were investigated in association with the generation of the fourth and fifth harmonics of a e-switched Nd:YAG laser. The conversion efficiency of the second-harmonic generation from the green (532 nm) light was 20%. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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