Efficiency of second harmonic generation for partially coherent light in anisotropic crystals

• Authors: Andrzej Domanski , Rafal Cieslak , Miroslaw Karpierz , Daniel Budaszewski , Tomasz Wolinski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyzes the second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency of light with partial temporal coherence due to depolarization effects in birefringent media. It discusses relations between SHG efficiency fading, light source spectrum, crystal birefringence, and phase matching conditions. The efficiency of SHG pumped by the partially coherent light beam that may depolarize light in nonlinear birefringent crystal is also analyzed. The basic theory of SHG with its modification for partially coherent light with depolarization and some numerical calculations of the SHG process are described.

Keywords

EN

SHG; nonlinear crystals; depolarization; coherence

Discipline

• 42.65.Ky: Frequency conversion; harmonic generation, including higher-order harmonic generation(see also 42.79.Nv Optical frequency converters)
• 42.25.Kb: Coherence
• 42.25.Ja: Polarization
• 42.25.Lc: Birefringence

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 628-633

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2008

online

17 - 7 - 2008

Contributors

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Andrzej Domanski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warszawa, Poland

author

Rafal Cieslak

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warszawa, Poland

author

Miroslaw Karpierz

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warszawa, Poland

author

Daniel Budaszewski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warszawa, Poland

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Tomasz Wolinski

• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662, Warszawa, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-008-0100-7