PbIn_6Te_10: new nonlinear crystal for three-wave interactions with transmission extending from 17 to 25 µm

Samvel A. Avanesov, Valeriy Badikov, Aleksey Tyazhev, Dmitrii Badikov, Vladimir Panyutin, Georgi Marchev, Galina Shevyrdyaeva, K. V. Mitin, F. Noack, P. V. Vinogradova,

Optical Materials Express · 2011 · 23 citations · 6 references

Concepts

Abstract

We have grown single crystals of PbIn6Te10, with clear transparency from 3 to 20 µm, and showed that this new nonlinear material possesses sufficient birefringence for phase-matching of three-wave parametric interactions and a nonlinear coefficient of 51 pm/V.

References

6