A. A. Kaminskii, H. J. Eichler, S. N. Bagayev, D. Grebe, R. Macdonald, A. V. Butashin, A. A. Pavlyuk, F. A. Kuznetsov, “Orthorhombic Gd2(MoO4)3 crystal as a new nonlinear laser material for efficient second-harmonic generation”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1996, Volume 23, Number 2,Pages 99

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Orthorhombic Gd₂(MoO₄)₃ crystal as a new nonlinear laser material for efficient second-harmonic generation

A. A. Kaminskii^a, H. J. Eichler^b, S. N. Bagayev^c, D. Grebe^b, R. Macdonald^b, A. V. Butashin^a, A. A. Pavlyuk^d, F. A. Kuznetsov^d

^a Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
^c Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
^d Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: New nonlinear properties of orthorhombic Gd₂(MoO₄)₃ crystals were discovered. At 300 K it was possible to achieve efficient (~30%) extracavity second-harmonic generation by pumping with high-power nanosecond and picosecond laser pulses at λ = 1.064 μm.

PACS: 42.65.Ky, 42.70.Nq

Received: 01.01.1996