Tunable Ultraviolet Radiation by Second-Harmonic Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium Tantalate
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We describe electric-field poling of fine-pitch ferroelectric domain gratings in lithium tantalate and characterization of nonlinear-optical properties by single-pass quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation (QPM SHG). With a 7.5-microm-period grating, the observed effective nonlinear coefficient for first-order QPM SHG of 532-nm radiation is 9 pm/V, whereas for a grating with a 2.625-microm period, 2.6 pm/V was observed for second-order QPM SHG of 325-nm radiation. These values are 100% and 55% of the theoretically expected values, respectively. We derive a temperature-dependent Sellmeier equation for lithium tantalate that is valid deeper into the UV than currently available results, based on temperature-tuning experiments at different QPM grating periods combined with refractive-index data in the literature.
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LiTaO3 shows enhanced chemical stability compared to LN by replacing Nb atoms with Ta atoms, and has a wider bandgap of 3.93 eV, facilitating nonlinear optical conversion in the visible and UV regions.
“This material shows an enhanced chemical stability by simply replacing the Nb atoms with Ta atoms [184], as well as a wider bandgap (3.93 eV [185]), facilitating nonlinear optical conversion in the Vis and UV regions [186].”
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- Meyn, J.-P., & Fejer, M. M.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- Venue
- Optics Letters
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 1997-08-15
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 16
- Pages
- 1214
- ISSN
- 0146-9592 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4794
- OpenAlex
- W2145271976
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- 288
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- FWCI
- 7.74
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Optics Letters (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials › Nonlinear Optical Materials Research
- Keywords
- second harmonic generation, periodically poled lithium tantalate, electric field poling, quasi-phase matching, ultraviolet radiation, nonlinear optical coefficients, Sellmeier equation, temperature dependence, refractive index, grating period
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