They are commonly used for doubling, tripling and quadrupling of Nd:YAG laser at the room temperature. In addition, they are also excellent electro-optic crystals with high electro-optic coefficients, widely used as electro-optical modulators, Q-switches, and Pockels Cells, etc.
Good UV transmission
High optical damage threshold
High birefringence High nonlinear coefficients
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The Sellmeier equations ( l in μm ):
nO2=1.9575544 + 0.2901391/(l2-0.0281399)-0.02824391l2
ne2=1.5005779 + 0.6276034/(l2-0.0131558)-0.01054063l2
Applications:
Second, third, and fourth harmonic generation of Nd:lasers.
Frequency doubling of dyer laser.
High power laser frequency conversion materials Shutter for high speed photography.
Electro-optical modulator and Q switches.
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