A. A. Kaminskii, H. Nishioka, K. Ueda, W. Odajima, M. Tateno, K. Sasaki, A. V. Butashin, “Second-harmonic generation with Cherenkov-type phase matching in a bulk nonlinear LaBGeO<sub>5</sub> crystal”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1996, Volume 23, Number 5,Pages <nobr>391

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Second-harmonic generation with Cherenkov-type phase matching in a bulk nonlinear LaBGeO₅ crystal

A. A. Kaminskii^a, H. Nishioka^b, K. Ueda^b, W. Odajima^b, M. Tateno^b, K. Sasaki^b, A. V. Butashin^a

^a Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-communications, Tokyo, Japan

Abstract: Picosecond and femtosecond pumping of a bulk nonlinear LaBGeO₅ crystal resulted in conical-ring generation of the second harmonic with Cherenkov-type phase matching. The ‘Cherenkov rainbow’ was observed for the first time.

PACS: 42.65.Ky, 42.70.Mp

Received: 01.01.1996