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Nonlinear optical phenomena
Terahertz optical properties of LBO crystal upon cooling to liquid nitrogen temperature
N. A. Nikolaevab, Yu. M. Andreevc, N. G. Kononovad, A. A. Mamrashevab, V. D. Antsyginb, K. A. Kokhde, A. E. Kokhd, V. F. Loseva, O. I. Potaturkinb a Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk
b Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
c Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Tomsk
d Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
e Novosibirsk State University
Abstract:
The anisotropy of optical properties of nonlinear lithium borate (LBO) crystals in the range of 0.2–2 THz is investigated by time-domain THz spectroscopy at room temperature and at T = 81 K. It is shown that the birefringence dramatically decreases upon cooling, as a result of which phase-matching conditions cannot be implemented. At the same time, the absorption coefficients αx and αy are found to decrease significantly with decreasing temperature, due to which the LBO crystal becomes a promising material for generating THz radiation via optical rectification and fabricating periodic structures and optical elements.
Keywords:
lithium borate crystal, LBO, THz radiation, absorption coefficient, refractive index.
Received: 06.10.2017 Revised: 15.11.2017
Citation:
N. A. Nikolaev, Yu. M. Andreev, N. G. Kononova, A. A. Mamrashev, V. D. Antsygin, K. A. Kokh, A. E. Kokh, V. F. Losev, O. I. Potaturkin, “Terahertz optical properties of LBO crystal upon cooling to liquid nitrogen temperature”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 48:1 (2018), 19–21 [Quantum Electron., 48:1 (2018), 19–21]
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