Extremely high damage threshold of a new nonlinear crystal L-arginine phosphate and its deuterium compound

Journal Article · Mon Dec 25 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Applied Physics Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.101969· OSTI ID:7107567

Yokotani, A; Sasaki, T; Yoshida, K; Nakai, S ^[1]

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1. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan (JP)

L-arginine phosphate monohydrate (LAP) and deuterated LAP (DLAP) are new organic nonlinear optical materials useful for higher harmonics of radiation from high-power lasers. We measured the bulk laser damage threshold of these crystals using light from a 1.05 {mu}m laser with 1 and 25 ns pulse widths and 0.53 {mu}m laser light with 0.6 and 20 ns pulse widths. In every case, these crystals show much higher thresholds than potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) and fused silica. These crystals are very interesting not only as a frequency converter but also as other optical components of high-power lasers, because of their extremely high damage threshold.

• OSTI ID: 7107567
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters; (USA), Vol. 55:26; ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
ARGININE
NONLINEAR OPTICS
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHATES
SOLID STATE LASERS
THRESHOLD ENERGY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HARMONIC GENERATION
PULSES
SILICA
AMINO ACIDS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
ENERGY
FREQUENCY MIXING
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
LASERS
MINERALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OPTICS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
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