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Crystal Bibliography

Table of Contents
ADA....................................................................................................................................................................................4
AD*A...................................................................................................................................................................................4
ADP.....................................................................................................................................................................................4
AD*P....................................................................................................................................................................................4
AgGaGenS2(n+1).....................................................................................................................................................................5
AgGaGe5Se12.......................................................................................................................................................................5
AgGaS2................................................................................................................................................................................5
AgGaSe2..............................................................................................................................................................................8
AgGa1-xInxS2.......................................................................................................................................................................10
AgGaxIn1-xSe2.....................................................................................................................................................................10
AgGaTe2............................................................................................................................................................................10
Ag2HgI4..............................................................................................................................................................................11
AgInSe2..............................................................................................................................................................................11
C2O4(NH4)2H2O (Ammonium oxalate)...........................................................................................................................11
BaAlBO3F2 (BABF)..........................................................................................................................................................11
Ba2NaNb5O15.....................................................................................................................................................................11
-BaB2O4 (BBO)..............................................................................................................................................................12
BaBPO5 (BBPO)...............................................................................................................................................................24
BaGa4S7 (BGS)..................................................................................................................................................................24
BaGa4Se7 (BGSE)..............................................................................................................................................................24
BaMgF4 (BMF).................................................................................................................................................................24
BPO4 (BPO)......................................................................................................................................................................25
BaTeMo2O9 (BTMO).........................................................................................................................................................25
Ba2TiGe2O8 (BTG)............................................................................................................................................................25
N-Benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA).........................................................................................................................25
BiB3O6 (BIBO)..................................................................................................................................................................25
Ca5(BO3)3F (CBF).............................................................................................................................................................29
CNO (Ca2Nb2O7)...............................................................................................................................................................29
Ca2Ga2SiO7........................................................................................................................................................................29
CdHg(SCN)4 cadmium mercury thiocyanate (CMTC)......................................................................................................29
CDA...................................................................................................................................................................................29
CD*A.................................................................................................................................................................................29
CdGeAs2 (CGA)................................................................................................................................................................29
CdGeP2 (CGP)...................................................................................................................................................................30
CdS....................................................................................................................................................................................30
CdSe..................................................................................................................................................................................30
CdSiP2 (CSP).....................................................................................................................................................................31
CdTe..................................................................................................................................................................................32
CO(NH2)2 (Urea)...............................................................................................................................................................33
CsB3O5 (CBO)...................................................................................................................................................................33
CsBe2BO3F2 (CBBF).........................................................................................................................................................34
CsLiB6O10 (CLBO)............................................................................................................................................................34
CsTiOAsO4 (CTA)............................................................................................................................................................37
CTT...................................................................................................................................................................................38
CuAlSe2.............................................................................................................................................................................38
CuGaS2..............................................................................................................................................................................38
CuGaSe2.............................................................................................................................................................................38

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CuGeP2..............................................................................................................................................................................38
Cu2HgI4..............................................................................................................................................................................38
CuInSe2..............................................................................................................................................................................39
DAPSH..............................................................................................................................................................................39
DAST................................................................................................................................................................................39
2-furyl methacrylic anhydride...........................................................................................................................................39
GaAs..................................................................................................................................................................................39
GaN...................................................................................................................................................................................42
GaP....................................................................................................................................................................................42
GaSe..................................................................................................................................................................................43
GdAl3(BO3)4 (GAB)..........................................................................................................................................................46
GdCa4O(BO3)3 (GdCOB)..................................................................................................................................................47
Gd2(MoO4)3.......................................................................................................................................................................49
HgBr2 (Mercury bromide).................................................................................................................................................50
HgGa2S4 (Mercury thiogallate)..........................................................................................................................................50
-HIO3 (Iodic acid)...........................................................................................................................................................50
K2Al2B2O7 (KABO)...........................................................................................................................................................51
K3B6O10Br (KBB)..............................................................................................................................................................51
KBe2BO3F2 (KBBF)..........................................................................................................................................................52
KB5O84H2O (KB5).........................................................................................................................................................54
K2C4H4O6H2O (Dipotassium tartrate)..........................................................................................................................54
KDA..................................................................................................................................................................................54
KDP...................................................................................................................................................................................54
KD*P..................................................................................................................................................................................58
KDP:Rb.............................................................................................................................................................................59
KIO3...................................................................................................................................................................................59
(K2O).3(Li2O).7-x(Nb2O5)x (KLN)........................................................................................................................................59
K1-yLiyTaxNb1-xO3 (KLTN).................................................................................................................................................59
KNbB2O6 (KNB)...............................................................................................................................................................59
KNbO3...............................................................................................................................................................................60
KPSe6 (KPS)......................................................................................................................................................................63
KTiOAsO4 (KTA).............................................................................................................................................................63
KTiOPO4 (KTP)................................................................................................................................................................67
LA*P..................................................................................................................................................................................84
LaBGeO5 (LABGO)..........................................................................................................................................................84
La2CaB10O19 (LCB)............................................................................................................................................................85
LaCa4O(BO3)3 (LCOB).....................................................................................................................................................85
LiBGeO4 (LIBGO)............................................................................................................................................................86
LiBO2.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 86
LiB3O5 (LBO)....................................................................................................................................................................86
Li2B4O7 (LB4-Lithium tetraborate)...................................................................................................................................94
Li2CdGeS4 (LCGS)..........................................................................................................................................................95
LiCOOHH2O (LFM-lithium formate)............................................................................................................................95
LiGaO2...............................................................................................................................................................................96
LiGaS2...............................................................................................................................................................................96
LiGaSe2..............................................................................................................................................................................96
LiGaTe2.............................................................................................................................................................................96
LiIO3..................................................................................................................................................................................96
LiInS2.................................................................................................................................................................................97
LiInSe2...............................................................................................................................................................................98
LiNbO3 (LNB)...................................................................................................................................................................99
LiRbB6O10........................................................................................................................................................................126

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Li2SO4H2O....................................................................................................................................................................126
LiTaO3 (LITA)................................................................................................................................................................126
LuAl3(BO3)4 (LABO)......................................................................................................................................................133
Na3La9O3(BO3)8 NLBO....................................................................................................................................................133
NdCa4O(BO3)3 NdCOB...................................................................................................................................................134
PbB4O7 (Lead tetraborate)...............................................................................................................................................134
PbIn6Te10..........................................................................................................................................................................134
PbMoO4...........................................................................................................................................................................134
Pb(HCOO)2 (Lead formate).............................................................................................................................................134
PbTiO3.............................................................................................................................................................................134
RDA.................................................................................................................................................................................134
RD*A...............................................................................................................................................................................134
RDP.................................................................................................................................................................................135
RD*P................................................................................................................................................................................135
RbBe2BO3F2 (RBBF).......................................................................................................................................................135
RbNbB2O6 (RNB)............................................................................................................................................................135
RbTiOAsO4 (RTA)..........................................................................................................................................................135
RbTiOPO4 (RTP)............................................................................................................................................................137
SC4H...............................................................................................................................................................................139
SC6H...............................................................................................................................................................................139
Sn2P2S6 (SPS)...................................................................................................................................................................139
SrAlF5..............................................................................................................................................................................139
SrxBa1-xNb2O6...................................................................................................................................................................140
Sr2Be2B2O7 (SBBO).........................................................................................................................................................140
SrB4O7 (Strontium tetraborate)........................................................................................................................................140
SrLaGa3O7.......................................................................................................................................................................140
TbCa4O(BO3)3 (TbCOB)..............................................................................................................................................140
TmAl3(BO3)4 (TAB)........................................................................................................................................................140
Te.....................................................................................................................................................................................140
Tl3AsSe3 (TAS)...............................................................................................................................................................141
Tl4HgI6.............................................................................................................................................................................141
TmCa4O(BO3)3..............................................................................................................................................................141
YAl3(BO3)4 (YAB)..........................................................................................................................................................141
YCa4O(BO3)3 (YCOB)....................................................................................................................................................142
YCa9(VO4)7 (YCV)..........................................................................................................................................................144
Y(HCOO)3 2H2O........................................................................................................................................................145
Zn3BPO7 (ZBP)...............................................................................................................................................................145
ZnCd(SCN)4 zinc cadmium thiocyanate (ZCTC)............................................................................................................145
ZnGeP2 (ZGP).................................................................................................................................................................145
ZnO..................................................................................................................................................................................149
ZnS..................................................................................................................................................................................149
ZnSe.................................................................................................................................................................................149
ZnTe................................................................................................................................................................................150
Deuterated Zn tris thiourea sulphate (d-ZTS).................................................................................................................150
Keywords: acceptance angle, bandwidth, chirp, chirped pulse amplification, compositional tuning, conductivity,
crystal growth, crystal structure, cw, damage, d tensor calculation, deff, dij, difference-frequency, dn/dT, efficiency,
femtosecond, ferroelectric poling, fluorescence, group velocity, lasing, linewidth, M 2, microsecond, n2, nanosecond,
OPA, OPF, OPG, OPO, optical rectification, phasematch, picosecond, pump tuning, quasiphasematch, Raman,
Sellmeier, strain tuning, sum-frequency, temperature-bandwidth, temperature tuning, THz, thermal conductivity,
thermal expansion, transmission, two-photon absorption, walkoff angle, waveguides

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ADA
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
1072-1078 (1987). Keywords: Sellmeier

AD*A
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
1072-1078 (1987). Keywords: Sellmeier

ADP
L. Gallmann, G. Steinmeyer, D. H. Sutter, N. Matuschek, and U. Keller, Collinear type II second-harmonic-generation
frequency-resolved optical gating for the characterization of sub-10-fs optical pulses, Opt. Lett. 25, 269-271 (2000).
Keywords: femtosecond, sum-frequency
G. C. Ghosh and G. C. Bhar, Temperature dispersion in ADP, KDP, and KD *P for nonlinear devices, IEEE J. Quant.
Electron. QE-18, 143-145 (1982). Keywords: difference-frequency, phasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning
Hagimoto and A. Mito, Determination of the second-order susceptibility of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate and alphaquartz at 633 and 1064 nm, Appl. Opt. 34, 88276 (1995). Keywords: dij , sum-frequency
S. Ju, F. Wang, L. Zhu, X. Xu, Z. Wang, and X. Sun, Non-critical phase-matching fourth harmonic generation of a 1053-nm
laser in an ADP crystal, Nature Scientific Reports 3 (2013). Keywords: sum-frequency, phasematch, efficiency, acceptance
angle, nanosecond, temperature-bandwidth, transmission, crystal growth, thermal conductivity
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
1072-1078 (1987). Keywords: Sellmeier
X. Liu, D. Deng, M. Li, D. Guo, and Z. Xu, Retracing behavior of the phase-matching angle of nonlinear crystals in optical
parametric oscillators, J. Appl. Phys. 74, 2989-2991 (1993). Keywords: phasematch
C. D. Marshall, S. A. Payne, M. A. Henesian, J. A. Speth, and H. T. Powell, Ultraviolet-induced transient absorption in
potassium dihydrogen phosphate and its influence on frequency conversion, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 11, 774-785 (1994).
Keywords: two-photon absorption
V. Petrov, F. Rotermund, F. Noack, J. Ringling, O. Kittelmann, and R. Komatsu, Frequency conversion of Ti:Sapphirebased femtosecond laser systems to the 200-nm spectral region using nonlinear optical crystals, IEEE J. Select. Top. Quant.
Electron. 5, 1532-1542 (1999). Keywords: bandwidth, deff, difference-frequency, efficiency, femtosecond, group velocity,
phasematch, sum-frequency, transmission
L. Zhu, B. Liu, L. Zhang, Q. Zhang, Z. Wang, and X. Sun, Phase matching characteristics of deuterated ammonium
dihydrogen phosphate crystals, Chin. Opt. Lett. 13, 041601-041601 (2015). Keywords: Sellmeier, phasematch, sumfrequency

AD*P
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
1072-1078 (1987). Keywords: Sellmeier
G. Su, X. Zhuang, Y. He, Z. Li, G. Li, and J. Ma, Crystal growth and characterization of deuterated ammonium dehydrogen
phosphate (DADP), J. Cryst. Growth 242, 129-131 (2002). Keywords: crystal growth, crystal structure, transmission

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AgGaGenS2(n+1)
V. Badikov, G. Shevyrdyaeva, V. Chizhikov, V. Panyutin, G. Xu, V. Petrov, and F. Noack, Phase-matched second-harmonic
generation at 1064 nm in quaternary crystals of silver thiogermanogallate, Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 241113 (2005). Keywords:
acceptance angle, dij, phasematch, Sellmeier, temperature-bandwidth, transmission, walkoff angle
K. Miyata, V. Petrov, and K. Kato, Phase-matching properties for AgGaGeS 4, Appl. Opt. 46, 5728-5731 (2007).
Keywords: difference-frequency, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency, transmission
K. Miyata, V. Petrov, N. Umemura, K. Kato, N. Saito, and S. Wada, New experimental results for SHG and DFG in
AgGaGeS4, SPIE 6455, 645514-1-5 (2007). Keywords: difference-frequency, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency,
transmission
V. Petrov, V. Badikov, G. Shevyrdyaeva, V. Panyutin, and V. Chizhikov, Phase-matching properties and optical parametric
amplification in single crystals of AgGaGeS 4, Opt. Mat. 26, 217-222 (2004). Keywords: acceptance angle, crystal growth,
crystal structure, damage, dij, efficiency, femtosecond, OPA, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency, transmission
J. Rame, J. Petit, Synthesis and growth of AgGaGeS4, a promising material for the laser frequency conversion in the mid_IR
range, ODAS 2014. <hal-01069350>. Keywords: crystal growth, transmission
P. G. Schunemann, Growth of new quaternary nonlinear optical crystals for 1-micron-pumped mid-IR generation, SPIE
6103, 610303-1-11 (2006). Keywords: crystal growth, damage, phasematch, thermal conductivity, transmission
P. G. Schunemann, K. T. Zawilski, and T. M. Pollak, Horizontal gradient freeze growth of AgGaGeS 4 and AgGaGe5Se12, J.
Cryst. Grow. 287, 248-251 (2006). Keywords: crystal growth, damage, thermal conductivity, transmission

AgGaGe5Se12
P. G. Schunemann, K. T. Zawilski, and T. M. Pollak, Horizontal gradient freeze growth of AgGaGeS 4 and AgGaGe5Se12, J.
Cryst. Grow. 287, 248-251 (2006). Keywords: crystal growth, damage, thermal conductivity, transmission
V. Petrov, F. Noack, V. Badikov, G. Shevyrdyaeva, V. Panyutin, and V. Chizhikov, Phase-matching and femtosecond
difference-frequency generation in the quaternary semiconductor AgGaGe 5Se12, Appl. Opt. 43, 4590-4597 (2004).
Keywords: crystal growth, dij, difference-frequency, femtosecond, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency, transmission,
walkoff angle

AgGaS2
R. L. Aggarwal and T. Y. Fan, Measurement of thermooptic coefficients dn e/dT and dno/dT of AgGaS2 at 308 and 97 K,
IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 41, 1319-1322 (2005). Keywords: Sellmeier, thermal expansion
G. C. Bhar, D. K. Ghosh, P. S. Ghosh, and D. Schmitt, Temperature effects in AgGaS 2 nonlinear devices, Appl. Opt. 22,
2492-2494 (1983). Keywords: phasematch, dn/dT
S. Banerjee, N. Umemura, and K. Kato, Sellmeier and thermo-optic dispersion formulas for AgGa(S 1-xSex)2 with application
in mid-IR generation, SPIE 6103, 610314 (2006). Keywords: phasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning
P. Canarelli, Z. Benko, R. Carl, and F. K. Tittel, Continuous-wave infrared laser spectrometer based on difference frequency
generation in AgGaS2 for high-resolution spectroscopy, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 9, 197-202 (1992). Keywords: differencyfrequency, phasematch, efficiency, bandwidth
E. C. Cheung, K. Koch, and G.T. Moore, Measurements of second-order nonlinear optical coefficients from the spectral
brightness of parametric fluorescence, Opt. Lett. 19, 168-170 (1994). Keywords: deff, dij, fluorescence

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T. Dahinten, U. Plodereder, A. Seilmeier, K. L. Vodopyanov, K. R. Allakhverdiev, and Z. A. Ibragimov, Infrared pulses of 1
picosecond duration tunable between 4 m an 18 m, IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 29, 2245-2250. Keywords: phasematch,
difference-frequency, efficiency
H. Delbarre, C. Przygodzki, M. Tassou, and D. Boucher, High-precision index measurement in anisotropic crystals using
white-light spectral interferometry, Appl. Phys. B 70, 45-51 (2000). Keywords: group velocity, Sellmeier
Douillet and J.-J. Zondy, Low-threshold, self-frequency-stabilized AgGaS 2 continuous-wave subharmonic optical parametric
oscillator, Opt. Lett. 23, 1259-1261 (1998). Keywords: efficiency, OPO, temperature tuning
S. Ehret and H. Schneider, Generation of subpicosecond infrared pulses tunable between 5.2 m and 18 m at a repetition
rate of 76 MHz, Appl. Phys. B 66, 27-30 (1998). Keywords: bandwidth, difference-frequency, efficiency, femtosecond,
group velocity
B. Golubovic and M. K. Reed, All-solid-state generation of 100-kHz tunable mid-infrared 50-fs pulses in type I and type II
AgGaS2, Opt. Lett. 23, 1760-1762 (1998). Keywords: difference-frequency, efficiency, femtosecond
S. Haidar and H. Ito, Injection-seeded optical parametric oscillator for efficient difference frequency generation in mid-IR,
Opt. Comm. 171, 171-176 (1999). Keywords: difference frequency, efficiency, OPO
S. Haidar and H. Ito, Periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator pumped at 0.532 m and use of its
output to produce tunable 4.6-8.3 m in AgGaS2 crystal, Opt. Comm. 202, 227-231 (2002). Keywords: difference frequency,
efficiency, phasematch
S. Haidar, Y. Sasaki, E. Niwa, K. Masumoto, and H. Ito, Electro-optic tuning of a periodically poled LiNbO 3 optical
parametric oscillator and mixing its output waves to generate mid-IR tunable from 9.4 to 10.5 m, Opt. Comm. 229, 325-330
(2004). Keywords: difference-frequency, efficiency, nanosecond, phasematch
T. Imahoko, K. Takasago, T. Sumiyoshi, H. Sekita, K. Takahashi, and M. Obara, Tunable mid-infrared, high-energy
femtosecond laser source for glyco-protein structure analysis, Appl. Phys. B (2007). Keywords: bandwidth, differencefrequency, efficiency, femtosecond
H. Kildal and G. W. Iseler, Laser-induced surface damage of infrared nonlinear materials, Appl. Opt. 15, 3062-3065
(1976). Keywords: damage
H.-D. Kronfeldt, G. Basar, and B. Sumpf, Application of a cw tunable infrared spectrometer based on difference-frequency
generation in AgGaS2 for self-broadening investigations of NO at 5 m, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 13, 1859-1863 (1959).
Keywords: phasematch, difference-frequency, efficiency
X. Liu, D. Deng, M. Li, D. Guo, and Z. Xu, Retracing behavior of the phase-matching angle of nonlinear crystals in optical
parametric oscillators, J. Appl. Phys. 74, 2989-2991 (1993). Keywords: phasematch
H. Maekawa, K. Tominaga, and D. Podenas, Generation of 55 fs-mid-infrared pulses with a 300 cm -1-spectral width and Jpulse energy, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 41, L329-L331 (2002). Keywords: efficiency, femtosecond, group velocity, OPA, OPG
K. J. McEwan, High-power synchronously pumped AgGaS 2 optical parametric oscillator, Opt. Lett. 23, 667-669 (1998).
Keywords: damage, deff, efficiency, OPO, picosecond, transmission
A. O. Okorogu, S. B. Mirov, W. Lee, D. I. Crouthamel, N. Jenkins, A. Yu. Dergachev, K. L. Vodopyanov, and V. V.
Badikov, Tunable middle infrared downconversion in GaSe and AgGaS 2, Opt. Comm. 155, 307-312 (1998). Keywords:
difference-frequency, efficiency, phasematch, transmission

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D. A. Roberts, Dispersion equations for nonlinear optical crystals: KDP, AgGaSe 2, and AgGaS2, Appl. Opt. 35, 4677-4688.
Keywords: Sellmeier
F. Rotermund and V. Petrov, Mid-infrared femtosecond optical parametric generator pumped by a Cr:forsterite regenerative
amplifier at 1.25 m, Appl. Phys. B 70, 731-732 (2000). Keywords: efficiency, femtosecond, group velocity, OPG
F. Rotermund, V. Petrov, and F. Noack, Difference-frequency generation of intense femtosecond pulses in the mid-IR (4-12
m) using HgGa2S4 and AgGaS2, Opt. Comm. 185, 177-183 (2000). Keywords: bandwidth, deff, difference-frequency,
efficiency, femtosecond, group velocity, OPG, phasematch, transmission
D. Sanchez, M. Hemmer, M. Baudisch, K. Zawilski, P. Schunemann, H. Hoogland, R. Holzwarth, and J. Biegert, Broadband
mid-IR frequency comb with CdSiP2 and AgGaS2 from an Er,Tm:Ho fiber laser, Opt. Lett. 39, 6883-6886 (2014).
Keywords: OPG, femtosecond, efficiency, bandwidth
U. Simon, C. E. Miller, C. C. Bradley, R. G. Hulet, R. F. Curl, and F. K. Tittel, Difference-frequency generation in AgGaS 2
by use of single-mode diode-laser pump sources, Opt. Lett. 18, 1062-1064 (1993). Keywords: difference-frequency,
efficiency
U. Simon, S. Waltman, I. Loa, F. K. Tittel, and L. Hollberg, External-cavity difference-frequency source near 3.2 m, based
on combining a tunable diode laser with a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser in AgGaS 2, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 323-327 1995).
Keywords: difference-frequency, bandwidth, efficiency, phasematch
J. Song, J. F. Xia, Z. Zhang, and D. Strickland, Mid-infrared pulses generated from the mixing output of an amplified, dualwavelength Ti:sapphire system, Opt. Lett. 27, 200-202 (2002). Keywords: bandwidth, difference-frequency, efficiency,
femtosecond, two-photon absorption
A. Sugita, K. Yokoyama, H. Yamada, N. Inoue, M. Aoyama, and K. Yamakawa, Generation of broadband mid-infrared
pulses by noncollinear difference frequency mixing, Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 46, 226-228 (2007). Keywords: bandwidth,
difference-frequency, femtosecond
E. Takaoka and K. Kato, Thermo-optic dispersion formula for AgGaS 2, Appl. Opt. 38, 4577-4580 (1999). Keywords:
phasematch, temperature-bandwidth, temperature tuning, transmission
D. Touahri, O. Acef, and J.-J. Zondy, 30-THz upconversion of an AlGaAs diode laser with AgGaS 2: bridging the severalteraherz frequency gap in the near infrared, Opt. Lett. 21, 213 (1996). Keywords: phasematch, sum-frequency, efficiency
A. Vitcu, R. Ciurylo, R. Wehr, J. R. Drummond, and A. D. May, High-resolution tunable mid-infrared spectrometer based
on difference-frequency generation in AgGaS2, Appl. Opt. 43, 4965-4971 (2004). Keywords: cw, difference-frequency,
efficiency, phasematch
K. L. Vodopyanov, J. P. Maffetone, I. Zwieback, and W. Ruderman, AgGaS 2 optical parametric oscillator continuously
tunable from 3.9 to 11.3 m, Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 1204-1206 (1999). Keywords: crystal growth, damage, efficiency, OPO,
phasematch
T.-J. Wang, Z.-H. Kang, H.-Z. Zhang, Q.-Y. He, Y. Qu, Z.-S. Feng, Y. M. Andreev, and G. V. Lanskii, Wide-tunable, highenergy AgGaS2 optical parametric oscillator, Opt. Express 14, 13001-13006 (2006). Keywords: efficiency, nanosecond,
OPO, phasematch
T. Witte, D. Zeidler, D. Proch, K. L. Kompa, and M. Motzkus, Programmable amplitude- and phase-modulated femtosecond
laser pulses in the mid-infrared, Opt. Lett. 27, 131-133 (2002). Keywords: difference-frequency, efficiency, femtosecond
J. J. Zondy and D. Touahri, Updated thermo-optic coefficients of AgGaS 2 from temperature-tuned noncritical 3 - 2
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infrared parametric amplification, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 1331-1338 (1997). Keywords: dn/dT, difference-frequency,
phasematch, temperature bandwidth, temperature tuning
J. J. Zondy, D. Touahri, and O. Acef, Absolute value of the d 36 nonlinear coefficient of AgGaS2: prospect for a low-threshold
doubly resonant oscillator-based 3:1 frequency divider, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 14, 2481-2497 (1997). Keywords: dij , difference
frequency, efficiency, OPO, sum-frequency
J. J. Zondy, V. Vedenyapine, T. Kaing, D. Lee, A. Yelisseyev, I. Isaenko, and S. Lobanov, Doppler spectroscopy of NH 3 and
SF6 in the 10-m range with a tunable AgGaS2 difference-frequency spectrometer, Appl. Phys. B (2004). Keywords: cw,
difference-frequency, efficiency

AgGaSe2
K. S. Abedin, S. Haidar, Y. Konno, C. Takyu, and H. Ito, Difference frequency generation of 5-18 m in a AgGaSe2
crystal, Appl. Opt. 37, 1642-1646 (1998). Keywords: acceptance angle, phasematch
M. A. Acharekar, L. H. Morton, and E. W. Van Stryland, 2 m laser damage and 3-6 m optical parametric oscillation in
AgGaSe2, SPIE 2114, 69-81 (1994). Keywords: bandwidth, crystal growth, damage, efficiency, nanosecond, OPO,
phasematch
R. L. Aggarwal and T. Y. Fan, Thermal diffusivity, specific heat, thermal conductivity, coefficient of thermal expansion, and
refractive-index change with temperature in AgGaSe2, Appl. Opt. 44, 2673-2677 (2005). Keywords: thermal conductivity,
thermal expansion, transmission
S. Banerjee, N. Umemura, and K. Kato, Sellmeier and thermo-optic dispersion formulas for AgGa(S 1-xSex)2 with application
in mid-IR generation, SPIE 6103, 610314 (2006). Keywords: phasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning
N. P. Barnes, D. J. Gettemy, J. R. Hietanen, and R. A. Iannini, Parametric amplification in AgGaSe 2, Appl. Opt. 28, 51625168 (1989). Keywords: transmission, dn/dT, deff
N. P. Barnes, K. E. Murray, M. G. Jani, and S. R. Harrell, Diode-pumped Ho:Tm:YLF laser pumping an AgGaSe 2
parametric oscillator, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 11, 2422-2426 (1994). Keywords: OPO, efficiency, phasematch
N. P. Barnes, K. E. Murray, and G. H. Watson, Injection-seeded optical parametric oscillator, OSA Proceedings on
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AgGaTe2
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Ag2HgI4
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AgInSe2
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C2O4(NH4)2H2O (Ammonium oxalate)

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BaAlBO3F2 (BABF)
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Ba2NaNb5O15
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-BaB2O4 (BBO)
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BaBPO5 (BBPO)
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BaGa4S7 (BGS)
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BaGa4Se7 (BGSE)
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BaMgF4 (BMF)
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Burnett, Periodically poled BaMgF4 for ultraviolet frequency generation, Opt. Lett. 26, 1693-1695 (2001). Keywords:
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BPO4 (BPO)
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BaTeMo2O9 (BTMO)
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Ba2TiGe2O8 (BTG)
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N-Benzyl-2-methyl-4-nitroaniline (BNA)
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BiB3O6 (BIBO)
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M. Ghotbi, A. Esteban-Martin, and M. Ebrahim-Zadeh, Tunable, high-repetition-rate, femtosecond pulse generation in the
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R. Sarrouf, T. Badr, and J. J. Zondy, second-harmonic generation diode-pumped continuous-wave, single-frequency 1.3 m
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Q. Zheng and L. Zhao, Efficient blue laser generation at 473 nm by a BIBO crystal, Opt. & Laser Tech. 36, 449-451
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Ca5(BO3)3F (CBF)
L. Deyra, S. Ilas, X. Delen, P. Loiseau, F. Balembois, G. Aka, F. Salin, and P. Georges, Third harmonic generation at 343nm
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CNO (Ca2Nb2O7)
X. Long and X. Han, Growth of nonlinear optical calcium pyroniobate crystal, J. Cryst. Growth 275, 492-495 (2005).
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Ca2Ga2SiO7
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CdHg(SCN)4 cadmium mercury thiocyanate (CMTC)

C. Q. Wang, Y. T. Chow, D. R. Yuan, D. Xu, G. H. Zhang, M. G. Liu, J. R. Lu, Z. S. Shao, and M. H. Jiang, CW dualwavelength Nd:YAG laser at 946 and 938.5 nm and intracavity nonlinear frequency conversion with a CMTC crystal, Opt.
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CDA
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
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CD*A
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CdGeAs2 (CGA)
S. Das, Generation of tunable mid-IR radiation by second harmonic in a CdGeAs 2 crystal, Quant. Elec. 42, No. 3, 228-230
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G. Ghosh, Coefficients of a dispersion equation for the birefringence of a CdGeAs 2 nonlinear crystal at different
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P. G. Schunemann and T. M. Pollak, Single crystal growth of large, crack-free CdGeAs 2, J. Crystal Growth 174, 272-277
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P. G. Schunemann, S. D. Setzler, and T. M. Pollak, Crystal growth of low-loss CdGeAs 2, OSA TOPS 50, 632-634 (2001).
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P. G. Schunemann, S. D. Setzler, T. M. Pollak, A. J. Ptak, and T. H. Myers, Defect segregation in CdGeAs 2, J. Crystal
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K. L. Vodopyanov and P. G. Schunemann, Efficient difference-frequency generation of 7-20 m radiation in CdGeAs2,
Opt. Lett. 23, 1096-1098 (1998). Keywords: difference-frequency, efficiency, phasematch, picosecond, Sellmeier,
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A. Zakel, J. L. Blackshire, P. G. Schunemann, S. D. Setzler, J. Goldstein, and S. Guha, Temperature and pulse-duration
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CdGeP2 (CGP)
G. C. Bhar and G. Ghosh, Temperature-dependent Sellmeier coefficients and coherence lengths for some chalcopyrite
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CdS
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K. H. Yang, J. R. Morris, P. L. Richards, and Y. R. Shen, Phase-matched far-infrared generation by optical mixing of dye
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CdSe
T. H. Allik, S. Chandra, D. M. Rines, P. G. Schunemann, J. A. Hutchinson, and R. Utano, Tunable 7-12 m optical
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CdSiP2 (CSP)
S. Chaitanya Kumar, A. Agnesi, P. Dallocchio, F. Pirzio, G. Reali, K. T. Zawilski, P. G. Schunemann, and M. EbrahimZadeh, Compact, 1.5 mJ, 450 MHz, CdSiP 2 picosecond optical parametric oscillator near 6.3 m, Opt. Lett. 36, 3236-3238
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Keywords: femtosecond, OPO, efficiency
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Narrow-bandwidth, mid-infrared, seeded optical parametric generation in 90 phase-matched CdSiP2 crystal pumped by
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A. Peremans, D. Lis, F. Cecchet, P. G. Schunemann, K. T. Zawilski, and V. Petrov, Noncritical singly resonant
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V. Petroc, G. Marchev, P. G. Schunemann, A. Tyazhev, K. T. Zawilski, and T. M. Pollak, Subnanosecond, 1 kHz,
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D. Sanchez, M. Hemmer, M. Baudisch, K. Zawilski, P. Schunemann, H. Hoogland, R. Holzwarth, and J. Biegert, Broadband
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CdTe
N. P. Barnes and M. S. Piltch, Temperature-dependent Sellmeier coefficients and coherence length for cadmium telluride,
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CO(NH2)2 (Urea)
M. Ebrahimzadeh, M. H. Dunn, and F. Akerboom, Highly efficient visible urea optical parametric oscillator pumped by a
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CsB3O5 (CBO)
F. Chang, P. Fu, Y. Wu, G. Chen, Z. Xu, and C. Chen, Growth of large CsB 3O5 crystals, J. Cryst. Growth 277, 298-302
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K. Kato, Tunable UV generation to 0.185 m in CsB3O5, IEEE J. Quant. Electron. 31, 169-171 (1995).
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V. Petrov, F. Rotermund, F. Noack, J. Ringling, O. Kittelmann, and R. Komatsu, Frequency conversion of Ti:Sapphirebased femtosecond laser systems to the 200-nm spectral region using nonlinear optical crystals, IEEE J. Select. Top. Quant.
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M. Suzuki, H. Kiriyama, Y. Nakai, H. Okada, I. Daito, Y. Kagebayashi, T. Yokota, P. R. Bolton, H. Daido, and S. Kawanishi,
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N. Ushiyama, M. Yoshimura, R. Ono, T. Kamimura, Y. K. Yap, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, Growth and characteristics of
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M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, Z. G. Hu, and T. Sasaki, Growth and characterization of nonlinear optical borate crystals
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CsBe2BO3F2 (CBBF)
H. Huang, C. Chen, X. Wang,Y. Zhu, G. Wang, X. Zhang, L. Wang, and J. Yao, Ultraviolet nonlinear optical crystal:
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CsLiB6O10 (CLBO)
J. N. Babu Reddy, V. B. Naik, S. Elizabeth, H. L. Bhat, N. Venkatram, and D. Narayana Rao, Multiphoton absorption in
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T. Kamimura, R. Nakamura, H. Horibe, M. Nishioka, M. Yamamoto, M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, T. Sasaki, and K. Yoshida,
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CsTiOAsO4 (CTA)
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CTT
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CuAlSe2
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CuGaS2
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CuGeP2
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DAPSH
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DAST
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2-furyl methacrylic anhydride

T. Kinoshita, S. Horinouchi, K. Sasaki, H. Okamoto, N. Tanaka, T. Fukaya, and M. Goto, Nonlinear-optical properties of a
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GaAs
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GaN
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GaP
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GaSe
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K. L. Vodopyanov and V. G. Boevodin, 2.8 m laser pumped type I and type II travelling-wave optical parametric generator
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K. L. Vodopyanov and L. A. Kulevskii, New dispersion relationships for GaSe in the 0.65 - 18 m spectral region, Opt.
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K. L. Vodopyanov, Mid-infrared optical parametric generator with extra-wide (3 19 m) tunability: applications for
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GdAl3(BO3)4 (GAB)
A. Brenier, C. Tu, J. Li, Z. Zhu, and B. Wu, Spectroscopy, laser operation at 1.3 m and self-frequency doubling in
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GdCa4O(BO3)3 (GdCOB)
J. J. Adams, C. A. Ebbers, K. I. Schaffers, and S. A. Payne, Type I frequency doubling at 1064 nm in LaCa 4O(BO3)3
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G. Aka and A. Brenier, Self-frequency conversion in nonlinear laser crystals, Opt. Mat. 22, 89-94 (2003). Keywords: cw,
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G. Aka, A. Kahn-Harari, F. Mougel, D. Vivien, F. Salin, P. Coquelin, P. Colin, D. Pelenc, and J. P. Damlet, Linear- and
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M. Iwai, T. Kobayashi, H. Furuya, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, Crystal growth and optical characterization of rare-earth (Re)
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X. Ke, P. Loiseau, and G. Aka, Self frequency doubling performances of Yb 3+ doped GdCOB and YCOB based on new
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H. Kitano, H. Kawai, K. Muramatsu, S. Owa, M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, 387-nm generation in Gd xY1xCa4O(BO3)3 crystal and its utilization for 193-nm light source, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 42, L166-L169 (2003). Keywords:
compositional tuning, crystal growth, damage, efficiency, nanosecond, phasematch, sum-frequency
J. Liu, Z. Fei, S. Zhang, C. Du, J. Wang, H. Chen, and Z. Shao, Investigation on intracavity second-harmonic generation of a
new Li-doped GdCa4O(BO3)3 crystal, Opt. and Laser Tech. 33, 597-600 (2001). Keywords: deff, efficiency, sum-frequency
J. Liu, Z. Wang, S. Zhang, J. Wang, H. Chen, Z. Shao, and M. Jiang, Second-harmonic generation of 1.06 m in Sr doped
GdCa4O(BO3)3, Opt. Comm. 195, 267-271 (2001). Keywords: crystal growth, deff, efficiency, sum-frequency
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1.06 m in GdCa4O(BO3)3 crystals, Appl. Phys. B 72, 163-166 (2001). Keywords: deff, efficiency, phasematch, sumfrequency
P. Loiko, X. Mateos, Y. Wang, Z. Pan, K. Yumashev, H. Zhang, U. Gresbner, and V. Petrov, Thermo-optic dispersion
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J. Lu, G. Li, J. Liu, S. Zhang, H. Chen, M. Jiang, and Z. Shao, Second harmonic generation and self-frequency doubling in
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A. Major, J. S. Aitchison, P. W. E. Smith, F. Druon, P. Georges, B. Viana, G. P. Aka, Z-scan measurements of the nonlinear
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F. Mougel, K. Dardenne, G. Aka, A. Kahn-Harari, and D. Vivien, Ytterbium-doped Ca 4GdO(BO3)3;an efficient infrared laser
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Nd:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 (Nd:GdCOB) single crystal, Opt. Mat. 13, 293-297 (1999). Keywords: efficiency, phasematch
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Gd2(MoO4)3
A. A. Kaminskii, A. V. Butashin, H.-J. Eichler, D. Grebe, R. Macdonald, K. Ueda, H. Nishioka, W. Odajima, M. Tateno, J.
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HgBr2 (Mercury bromide)

T. Liu, J. Qin, G. Zhang, T. Zhu, F. Niu, Y. Wu, and C. Chen, Mercury Bromide (HgBr2): A promising nonlinear optical
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damage, deff, crystal growth

HgGa2S4 (Mercury thiogallate)

V. V. Badikov, A. K. Don, K. V. Mitin, A. M. Seregin, V. V. Sinaiskii, and N. I. Shchebetova, A HgGa 2S4 optical
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G. Marchev, M. Reza, V. Badikov, A. Esteban-Martin, G. Stoppler, M. Starikova, D. Badikov, V. Panyutin, M. Eichhorn, G.
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V. Petrov, V. Badikov, V. Panyutin, G. Shevyrdyaeva, S. Sheina, and F. Rotermund, Mid-IR optical parametric
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V. Petrov and F. Rotermund, Application of the solid solution Cd xHg1-xGa2S4 as a nonlinear optical crystal, Opt. Lett. 27,
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-HIO3 (Iodic acid)

V. I. Bespalov, I. A. Batyreva, L. A. Dmitrenko, V. V. Korolikhin, S. P. Kuznetsov, and M. A. Novikov, Investigation of the
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K2Al2B2O7 (KABO)
C. Chen, Z. Lin, and Z. Wang, The development of new borate-based UV nonlinear optical crystals, Appl. Phys. B 80, 1-25
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P. Kumbhakar, S. Adachi, Z.-G. Hu, M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, T. Sasaki, and T. Kobayashi, Generation of tunable near-UV
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K3B6O10Br (KBB)
B. Xu, M. Xia, X. Wang, R. Li, and C. Chen, Second-harmonic generation at 532 nm in K3B6O10Br crystal, Opt. Lett. 40,
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KBe2BO3F2 (KBBF)
C. Chen, Recent advances in deep and vacuum-UV harmonic generation with KBBF crystal, Opt. Mater. 26, 425-429
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C. Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Xia, B. Wu, D. Tang, K. Wu, Z. Wenrong, L. Yu, and L. Mei, New development of nonlinear optical
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T. Kanai, T. Kanda, T. Sekikawa, S. Watanabe, T. Togashi, C. Chen, C. Zhang, Z. Xu, and J. Wang, Generation of vacuumultraviolet light below 160 nm in a KBBF crystal by the fifth harmonic of a single-mode Ti:sapphire laser, J. Opt. Soc. Am.
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P. Kumbhakar and T. Kobayashi, Ultra-broadband optical parametric amplification in Kbe 2BO3F2 crystal, Opt. Comm. 277,
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J. Lu, C. Wang, Z. Xu, C. Chen, J. Wang, C. Zhang, and Y. Liu, High-efficiency fourth-harmonic generation of KBBF
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Y. Nomura, Y. Ito, A. Ozawa, X. Wang, C. Chen, S. Shin, S. Watanabe, and Y. Kobayashi, Coherent quasi-cw 153 nm light
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G. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Zhou, C. Li, Y. Zhu, Z. Xu, and C. Chen, High-efficiency frequency conversion in deep ultraviolet
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KB5O84H2O (KB5)
W. R. Cook, Jr., L. M. Hubby, Jr., Indices of refraction of potassium pentaborate, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 66, 72-73 (1976).
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KD*P
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KDP:Rb
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KIO3
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(K2O).3(Li2O).7-x(Nb2O5)x (KLN)
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K1-yLiyTaxNb1-xO3 (KLTN)
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KNbB2O6 (KNB)
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LA*P
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LaBGeO5 (LABGO)
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La2CaB10O19 (LCB)
R. Guo, Y. Wu, P. Fu, and F. Jing, Optical assessment on a new self-frequency doubling crystal: neodymium-doped
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LaCa4O(BO3)3 (LCOB)
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LiBGeO4 (LIBGO)
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LiBO2
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LiB3O5 (LBO)
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Li2B4O7 (LB4-Lithium tetraborate)

G. C. Bhar, P. Kumbhakar, and A. K. Chaudhary, Generation of UV radiation in a lithium tetraborate crystal by walk-off
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U. Chatterjee, P. Kumbhakar, A. K. Chaudhary, G. C. Bhar, Tunable near-inrared radiation by difference frequency mixing
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S. Dutta Roy, and S. Gangopadhyay, A new walk-off compensated multipass scheme for large enhancement of conversion
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P. Kumbhakar and T. Kobayashi, Nonlinear optical properties of Li2B4O7 (LB4) crystal for the generation of tunable ultrafast laser radiation by optical parametric amplification, Appl. Phys. B (2003). Keywords: femtosecond, group velocity,
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Li2CdGeS4 (LCGS)
J. I. Jang, D. J. Clark, J. A. Brant, J. A. Aitken, and Y. S. Kim, Highly efficient infrared optical nonlinearity of a widebandgap chalcogenide Li2CdGeS4, Opt. Lett. 39, 4579-4582 (2014). Keywords: sum-frequency, deff, n2

LiCOOHH2O (LFM-lithium formate)

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F. Brehat and B. Wyncke, Calculation of double-refraction walk-off angle along the phase-matching directions in nonlinear
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B. Wyncke and F. Brehat, Calculation of the effective second-order non-linear coefficients along the phase matching
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LiGaO2
F. Brehat and B. Wyncke, Calculation of double-refraction walk-off angle along the phase-matching directions in nonlinear
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LiGaS2
V. Petrov, A. Yelisseyev, L. Isaenko, S. Lobanov, A. Titov, and J.-J. Zondy, Second harmonic generation and optical
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A. P. Yelisseyev, M. K. Starikova, V. V. Korolev, L. I. Isaenko, and S. I. Lobanov, Photoluminescence of lithium thiogallate
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LiGaSe2
E. Pelletier, A. Sell, A. Leitenstorfer, and R. J. D. Miller, Mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier based on a LGSe crystal
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LiGaTe2
L. Isaenko, P. Krinitsin, V. Vedenyapin, A. Yelisseyev, A. Merkulov, J.-J. Zondy, and V. Petrov, LiGaTe 2: A new highly
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LiIO3
G. Borsa, S. Castelletto, A. Godone, C. Novero, and M. L. Rastello, Measurement of second-order optical nonlinear
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G. Brida, M. Genovese, and C. Novero, On the measurement of photon flux in parametric down-conversion, Eur. Phys. J. D
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R. C. Eckardt, H. Masuda, Y. X. Fan, and R. L. Byer, Absolute and relative nonlinear optical coefficients of KDP, KD*P,
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LiInS2
O. Balachninaite, L. Petraviciute, M. Maciulevicius, V. Sirutkaitis, L. Isaenko, S. Lobanov, A. Yelisseyev, and J.-J. Zondy,
Optical characterization of the LiInS2 and LiInSe2 crystals, SPIE 6403, 64031Y-1-6 (2007). Keywords: transmission
W. Chen, E. Poullet, J. Burie, D. Boucher, M. W. Sigrist, J.-J. Zondy, L. Isaenko, A. Yelisseyev, and S. Lobanov, Widely
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S. Fossier, S. Salaun, J. Mangin, O. Bidault, I. Thenot, J.-J. Zondy, W. Chen, F. Rotermund, V. Petrov, P. Petrov, J.
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K. Kato, and N. Umemura, Sellmeier and thermo-optic dispersion formulas for LiInS 2, Appl. Opt. 53, 7998-8001 (2014).
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G. M. H. Knippels, A. F. G. van der Meer, A. M. MacLeod, A. Yelisseyev, L. Isaenko, S. Lobanov, I. Thenot, and J.-J.
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F. Rotermund, V. Petrov, F. Noack, L. Isaenko, A. Yelisseyev, and S. Lobanov, Optical parametric generation of
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structure, damage, dij, difference-frequency, efficiency, femtosecond, Sellmeier, transmission

LiInSe2
V. V. Badikov, V. I. Chizhikov, V. V. Efimenko, T. D. Efimenko, V. L. Panyutin, G. S. Shevyrdyaeva, and S. I. Scherbakov,
Optical properties of lithium indium selenide, Opt. Mater. 23, 575-581 (2003). Keywords: crystal growth, crystal structure,
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O. Balachninaite, L. Petraviciute, M. Maciulevicius, V. Sirutkaitis, L. Isaenko, S. Lobanov, A. Yelisseyev, and J.-J. Zondy,
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M. Beutler, I. Rimke, E. Buttner, V. Petrov, and L. Isaenko, Difference-frequency generation of fs and ps mid-IR pulses in
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crystal growth, crystal structure, dij, Sellmeier, sum-frequency, transmission
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1063-1066 (2014). Keywords: Sellmeier, temperature tuning, phasematch, temperature-bandwidth
G. Marchev, A. Tyazhev, V. Vedenyapin, D. Kolker, A. Yelisseyev, S. Lobanov, L. Isaenko, J.-J. Zondy, and V. Petrov,
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V. Petrov, J.-J. Zondy, O. Bidault, L. Isaenko, V. Vedenyapin, A. Yelisseyev, W. Chen, A. Tyazhev, S. Lobanov, G.
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J.-J. Zondy, V. Vedenyapin, A. Yelisseyev, S. Lobanov, L. Isaenko, and V. Petrov, LiInSe 2 nanosecond optical parametric
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LiNbO3 (LNB)
H. Abitan and P. Buchhave, Continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator placed inside a ring laser, Appl.
Opt. 42, 6630-6635 (2003). Keywords: cw, efficiency, OPO, quasiphasematch
S. Acco, P. Blau, S. Pearl, and A. Arie, Optical parametric generation at extremely low pump irradiance in a long
periodically poled lithium niobate, SPIE 6455, 64551A-1-7 (2007). Keywords: bandwidth, efficiency, nanosecond, OPG,
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T. Andres, P. Haag, S. Zelt, J.-P. Meyn, A. Borsutzky, R. Beigang, and R. Wallenstein, Synchronously pumped femtosecond
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K. W. Aniolek, R. L. Schmitt, T. J. Kulp, B. A. Richman, S. E. Bisson, and P. E. Powers, Microlaser-pumped periodically
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X. Tong, M. Zhang, A. Yariv, A. Agranat, R. Hofmeister, and V. Leyva, Near infrared absorption and dark conductivity of
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S. V. Tovstonog, S. Kurimura, and K. Kitamura, High power continuous-wave green light generation by quasiphase
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S. V. Tovstonog, S. Kurimura, I. Suzuki, K. Takeno, S. Moriwaki, N. Ohmae, N. Mio, and T. Katagai, Thermal effects in
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A. J. Tracy, C. Lopez, A. Kankla, D. J. Bamford, D. J. Cook, and S. J. Sharpe, Generation of high-average-power visible
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S.-Y. Tu, A. H. Kung, Z. D. Gao, S. N. Zhu, S. Kurimura, and K. Kitamura, Green-pumped high-power optical parametric
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efficiency, M2, nanosecond, OPO, quasiphasematch, temperature tuning
S.-Y. Tu, A. H. Kung, S. Kurimura, and T. Ikegami, Broadly tunable ultraviolet light generation in a compact MgO-doped
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N. E. Yu, C. Kang, H. K. Yoo, C. Jung, Y. L. Lee, C.-S. Kee, D.-K. Ko, J. Lee, K. Kitamura, and S. Takekawa,
Simultaneous forward and backward terahertz generations in periodically poled stoichiometric LiTaO3 crystal using
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LuAl3(BO3)4 (LABO)
S. Fang, H. Liu, L. Huang, and N. Ye, Growth and optical properties of nonlinear LuAl3(BO3)4 crystals, Opt. Exp. 21, No.
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Na3La9O3(BO3)8 NLBO
J. Zhang, G. Wang, Z. Liu, L. Wang, G. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Wu, P. Fu, and Y. Wu, Growth and optical properties of a new
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NdCa4O(BO3)3 NdCOB
S. Zhang, Z. Cheng, J. Han, G. Zhou, Z. Shao, C. Wang, Y. T. Chow, and H. Chen, Growth and investigation of efficient
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structure, deff, efficiency, fluorescence, phasematch, sum-frequency, thermal expansion, transmission

PbB4O7 (Lead tetraborate)

Y. S. Oseledchik, A. L. Prosvirnin, A. I. Pisarevskiy, V. V. Starshenko, V. V. Osadchuk, S. P. Belokrys, N. V. Svitanko, A. S.
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PbIn6Te10
S. Avanesov, V. Badikov, A. Tyazhev, D. Badikov, V. Panyutin, G. Marchev, C. Shevyrdyaeva, K. Mitin, F. Noack, P.
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PbMoO4
V. T. Gabrielyan, O. S. Grunskii, A. A. Gukasov, A. V. Denisov, N. S. Nikogosyan, and L. M. Fedorova, Physical and
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media: I. Solid-state mechanism of the formation of the Pb 2MoO5 microheterogeneous phase in PbMoO4 crystals,
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Pb(HCOO)2 (Lead formate)

K. Betzler, H. Hesse, R. Jaquet, and D. Lammers, Optical second-harmonic generation in lead formate, J. Appl. Phys. 87,
22-24 (1999). Keywords: dij, damage, phasematch, Sellmeier, transmission

PbTiO3
S. K. Kurtz and T. T. Perry, A powder technique for the evaluation of nonlinear optical materials, J. Appl. Phys. 39, 37983813 (1968). Keywords: deff

RDA
R. S. Adhav, Some physical properties of single crystals of normal and deuterated rubidium dihydrogen arsenate, Brit. J.
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K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
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RD*A
R. S. Adhav, Some physical properties of single crystals of normal and deuterated rubidium dihydrogen arsenate, Brit. J.
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J. J. McFerran and A. N. Luiten, Efficient continuous-wave ultraviolet generation in LiB 3O5 and RbD2AsO4, Appl. Opt. 39,
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RDP
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
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C. D. Marshall, S. A. Payne, M. A. Henesian, J. A. Speth, and H. T. Powell, Ultraviolet-induced transient absorption in
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RD*P
K. W. Kirby and L. G. DeShazer, Refractive indices of 14 nonlinear crystals isomorphic to KH 2PO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 4,
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RbBe2BO3F2 (RBBF)
C. Chen, S. Lyo, X. Wang, G. Wang, X. Wen, H. Wu, X. Zhang, and Z. Xu, Deep UV nonlinear optical crystal:
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RbNbB2O6 (RNB)
J. F. H. Nicholls, B. Henderson, and B.H. T. Chai, Structure and optical properties of the RbNbB2O6 family of mixed
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J. F. H. Nicholls, B. Henderson, and B.H. T. Chai, The nonlinear optical properties of the XYB2O6 family of compounds,
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RbTiOAsO4 (RTA)
S. Banerjee, N. Umemura, and K. Kato, Parametric oscillation at 2.1 m in periodically poled RbTiOAsO4, Opt. Comm.
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B. Boulanger, J. P. Feve, G. Marnier, and B. Menaert, Methodology for optical studies of nonlinear crystals: application to
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W. Chen, G. Mouret, D. Boucher, and F. K. Tittel, Mid-infrared trace gas detection using continuous-wave difference
frequency generation in periodically poled RbTiOAsO4, Appl. Phys. B 72, 873-876 (2001). Keywords: acceptance angle,
bandwidth, difference-frequency, efficiency, temperature-bandwidth, temperature tuning
L. K. Cheng, L. T. Cheng, J. Galperin, P. A. Morris Hotsenpiller, and J. D. Bierlein, Crystal growth and characterization of
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KTiOPO4 isomorphs from the self-fluxes, J. Crystal Growth 137, 107-115 (1994). Keywords: dij, Sellmeier
T. J. Edwards, G. A. Turnbull, M. H. Dunn, M. Ebrahimzadeh, H. Karlsson, G. Arvidson, and F. Laurell, Continuous-wave
singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled RbTiOAsO4, Opt. Lett. 23, 837-839 (1998).
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D. L. Fenimore, K. L. Schepler, D. Zelmon, S. Kuck, U. B. Ramabadran, P. Von Richter, and D. Small, Rubidium titanyl
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J.-P. Feve, B. Boulanger, O. Pacaud, I. Rousseau, B. Menaert, G. Marnier, P. Villeval, C. Bonnin, G. M. Loiacono, and D. N.
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RbTiOAsO4, and CsTiOAsO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 17, 775-780 (2000). Keywords: difference frequency, phasematch,
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K. Fradkin-Kashi, A. Arie, P. Urenski, and G. Rosenman, Characterization of optical and nonlinear properties of
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G. Hansson, H. Karlsson, and F. Laurell, Unstable resonator optical parametric oscillator based on quasi-phase-matched
RbTiOAsO4, Appl. Opt. 40, 5446-5451 (2001). Keywords: efficiency, M2, OPO, quasiphasematch
G. Hansson, H. Karlsson, S. Wang, and F. Laurell, Transmission measurements in KTP and isomorphic compounds, Appl.
Opt. 39, 5058-5069 (2000). Keywords: transmission
Z. W. Hu, P. A. Thomas, J. Webrn, and G. M. Loiacono, Domain inversion in RbTiOAsO4 using electric field poling, J.
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H. Karlsson, M. Olson, G. Arvidsson, F. Laurell, U. Bader, A. Borsutzky, R. Wallenstein, W. Wickstrom, and M. Gustafsson,
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G. T. Kennedy, D. T. Reid, A. Miller, M. Ebrahimzadeh, H. Karlson, G. Arvidsson, and F. Laurell, Near- to mid-infrared
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S. Lee, M.H. Rim, Y. Yang, A.R. Lim, S.Y. Jeong, and C.S. Yoon, Quasi-phase-matching structures induced by ferroelastic
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I. D. Lindsay, D. J. M. Stothard, C. F. Rae, and M. H. Dunn, Continuous-wave, pump-enhanced optical parametric oscillator
based on periodically-poled RbTiOAsO4, Opt. Express 11, 134-140 (2003). Keywords: cw, efficiency, OPO, pump tuning,
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P. Loza-Alvarez, D. T. Reid, M. Ebrahimzadeh, W. Sibbett, H. Harlsson, P. Henridsson, G. Arvidsson, and F. Laurell,
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M. Peltz, U. Bader, A. Borsutzky, R. Wallenstein, J. Hellstrom, H. Karlsson, V. Pasiskevicius, and F. Laurell, Optical
parametric oscillators for high pulse energy and high average power operation based on large aperture periodically poled KTP
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ferroelectric poling, OPO, quasiphasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning, thermal expansion
V. Petrov, F. Noack, and R. Stolzenberger, Seeded femtosecond optical parametric amplification in the mid-infrared spectral
region above 3m, Appl. Opt. 36, 1164-1172 (1997). Keywords: acceptance angle, deff, damage, femtosecond, group
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P. E. Powers, C. L. Tang, L. K. Cheng, High-repetition-rate femtosecond optical parametric oscillator based on
RbTiOAsO4, Opt. Lett. 19, 1439-1441 (1994). Keywords: femtosecond, phasematch, efficiency
D. T. Reid, M. Ebrahimzadeh, and W. Sibbett, Efficient femtosecond pulse generation in the visible in a frequency-doubled
optical parametric oscillator based on RbTiOAsO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 1157-1163 (1995). Keywords: femtosecond,
phasematch, deff, walkoff, bandwidth, efficiency
D. T. Reid, M. Ebrahimzadeh, and W. Sibbett, Design criteria and comparison of femtosecond optical parametric oscillators
based on KTiOPO4 and RbTiOAsO4, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 12, 2168-2179 (1995). Keywords: femtosecond, OPO, pump
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D. T. Reid, Z. Penman, M. Ebrahimzadeh, W. Sibbett, H. Karlson, and F. Laurell, Broadly tunable infrared femtosecond
optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled RbTiOAsO4, Opt. Lett. 22, 1397-1399 (1997). Keywords:
efficiency, femtosecond, quasiphasematch, OPO
W. P. Risk and G. M. Loiacono, Periodic poling and wavelength frequency doubling in RbTiOAsO4, Appl. Plys. Lett. 69,
311 (1996). Keywords: bandwidth, conductivity, deff, efficiency, ferroelectric poling, phasematch, sum-frequency,
temperature-bandwidth, temperature tuning
M. Roth, M. Tseitlin, and N. Angert, Composition-dependent electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties of KTP-family
crystals, Opt. Mater. 28, 71-76 (2006). Keywords: crystal growth, damage
I. Rousseau, B. Boulanger, J.-P. Feve, and O. Pacaud, Extended sphere method for complete investigation of the phasematching properties of sum- and difference-frequency generation, Appl. Opt. 38, 7406-7408 (1999). Keywords: differencefrequency, phasematch, sum-frequency
D. J. M. Stothard, P.-Y. Fortin, A. Carleton, M. Ebrahimzadeh, and M. H. Dunn, Comparison of continuous-wave optical
parametric oscillators based on periodically poled LiNbO 3 and periodically poled RbTiOAsO4 pmped internal to a high-power
Nd:YVO4 laser, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 2102-2108 (2003). Keywords: cw, efficiency, OPO, quasiphasematch, Sellmeier,
temperature tuning
I. Yutsis, B. Kirshner, and A. Arie, Temperature-dependent dispersion relations for RbTiOPO4 and RbTiOAsO4, Appl.
Phys. B 79, 77-81 (2004). Keywords: Sellmeier, thermal expansion

RbTiOPO4 (RTP)
B. Boulanger, P. Segonds, J.-P. Feve, O. Pacaud, B. Menaert, and J. Zaccaro, Spheres and cylinders in parametric nonlinear
optics, Opt. Mater. 26, 459-464 (2004). Keywords: phasematch
C. Canalias, J. Hirohashi, V. Pasiskevicius, and F. Laurell, Polarization-switching characteristics of flux-grown KTiOPO4
and RbTiOPO4 at room temperature, J. Appl. Phys. 97, 124105-1-9 (2005). Keywords: ferroelectric poling
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KTiOPO4 isomorphs from the self-fluxes, J. Crystal Growth 137, 107-115 (1994). Keywords: dij, Sellmeier
J. Cugat, R. Sole, J. J. Carvajal, X. Mateos, M. C. Pujol, J. Massons, F. Diaz, and M. Aguilo, Efficient Type II phasematching second-harmonic generation in Ba:Rb:Nb:RbTiOPO 4/RbTiOPO4 waveguides, Opt. Lett. 36, 1881-1883 (2011).
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Y. Duan, H. Zhu, Y. Ye, D. Zhang, G. Zhang, and D. Tang, Efficienct RTP-based OPO intracavity pumped by an acoustooptic Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser, Opt. Lett. 39, No. 5, 1314-1317 (2014). Keywords: OPO, efficiency, nanosecond
A. Fragemann, V. Pasiskevicius, J. Nordborg, J. Hellstrom, H. Karlsson, and F. Laurell, Frequency converters from visible
to mid-infrared with periodically poled RbTiOPO4, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 3090-3092 (2003). Keywords: deff, efficiency,
ferroelectric poling, nanosecond, OPO, quasiphasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning, thermal expansion
Y. Guillien, B. Menaert, J. P. Feve, P. Segonds, J. Douady, B. Boulanger, and O. Pacaud, Crystal growth and refined
Sellmeier equations over the complete transparency range of RbTiOPO4, Opt. Mat. 22, 155-162 (2003). Keywords: crystal
growth, difference-frequency, OPA, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency
G. Hansson, H. Karlsson, S. Wang, and F. Laurell, Transmission measurements in KTP and isomorphic compounds, Appl.
Opt. 39, 5058-5069 (2000). Keywords: transmission
A. Hildenbrand, F. R. Wagner, H. Akhouayri, J.-Y. Natoli, M. Commandre, F. Theodore, and H. Albrecht, Laser-induced
damage investigation at 1064 nm in KTiOPO4 crystals and its analogy with RbTiOPO4, Appl. Opt. 48, 4263-4269 (2009).
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A. Hildenbrand, F. R. Wagner, J.-Y. Natoli, and M. Commandre, Nanosecond laser induced damage in RbTiOPO4: The
missing influence of crystal quality, Opt. Express 20, 18263-18270 (2009). Keywords: damage, nanosecond
H. Karlsson, F. Laurell, L. K. Cheng, Periodic poling of RbTiOPO4 for quasi-phase matched blue light generation, Appl.
Phys. Lett. 74, 1519-1521 (1999). Keywords: deff, efficiency, ferroelectric poling, quasiphasematch
S. Kuznetsov, G. Pasmanik, A. Shilov, and L. Tiour, Highly efficient narrow-line generation by difference-frequency mixing
of a green pump and the Stokes seed in RbTiOPO4 crystals: excitation of 943-nm emission, Opt. Lett. 29, 8848-850 (2004).
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J. Mangin, G. Mennerat, and P. Villeval, Thermal expansion, normalized thermo-optic coefficients, and condition for second
harmonic generation of a Nd:YAG laser with wide temperature bandwidth in RbTiOPO 4, JOSAB 28, 873-881 (2011).
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S. Moscovich, A. Arie, R. Urneski, A. Agronin, G. Rosenman, and Y. Rosenwaks, Noncollinear second-harmonic generation
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Yu. S. Oseledchik, A. I. Pisarevsky, A. L. Prosvirnin, V. V. Starshenko, and N. V. Svitanko, Nonlinear optical properties of
the flux grown RbTiOPO4 crystal, Opt. Mat. 3, 237-242 (1994). Keywords: acceptance angle, damage, deff, efficiency,
nanosecond, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency, temperature-bandwidth, walkoff angle
V. Petrov, F. Noack, and R. Stolzenberger, Seeded femtosecond optical parametric amplification in the mid-infrared spectral
region above 3m, Appl. Opt. 36, 1164-1172 (1997). Keywords: acceptance angle, deff, damage, femtosecond, group
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G. Rosenman, P. Urenski, A. Agronin, A. Arie, and Y. Rosenwaks, Nanodomain engineering in RbTiOPO4 ferroelectric
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Y. Rosenwaks, D. Dahan, M. Molotskii, and G. Rosenmann, Ferroelectric domain engineering using atomic force
microscopy tip arrays in the domain breakdown regime, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 1-3 (2005). Keywords: ferroelectric poling
M. Roth, M. Tseitlin, and N. Angert, Composition-dependent electro-optic and nonlinear optical properties of KTP-family
crystals, Opt. Mater. 28, 71-76 (2006). Keywords: crystal growth, damage
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Phys. B 79, 77-81 (2004). Keywords: Sellmeier, thermal expansion

SC4H
B. Baugher and J. Goldstein, Temperature dependence of the birefringence of SiC, Opt. Mater. 23, 519-528 (2003).
Keywords: phasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning
H. T. Fan, C. H. Xu, Z. H. Wang, G. Wang, C. J. Liu, J. K. Liang, X. L. Chen, and Z. Y. Wei, Generation of broadband 17J mid-infrared femtosecond pulses at 3.75 m by silicon carbide crystal, Opt. Lett. 39, 6249-6252 (2014). Keywords:
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H. Sato, M. Abe, I. Shoji, J. Suda, and T. Kondo, Accurate measurements of second-order nonlinear optical coefficients of
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SC6H
B. Baugher and J. Goldstein, Temperature dependence of the birefringence of SiC, Opt. Mater. 23, 519-528 (2003).
Keywords: phasematch, Sellmeier, temperature tuning
P. M. Lundquist, W. P. Lin, G. K. Wong, M. Razeghi, and J. B. Ketterson, Second harmonic generation in hexagonal silicon
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structure, phasematch

Sn2P2S6 (SPS)
D. Haertle, A. Guarino, J. Hajfler, G. Montemezzani, and P. Gunter, Refractive indices of Sn2P2S6 at visible and infrared
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Sn2P2S6, Opt. Express 13, 3765-3776 (2005). Keywords: deff, dij, phasematch, sum-frequency, transmission, walkoff angle

SrAlF5
E. G. Villora, K. Shimamura, K. Muramatsu, S. Takekawa, K. Kitamura, and N. Ichinose, Refractive index of SrAlF5 and
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SrxBa1-xNb2O6
T. Volk, D. Isakov, L. Ivleva, and M. Wohlecke, Ferroelectric switching of strontium-barium-niobate crystals in pulsed
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Y. Y. Zhu, R. F. Xiao, J. S. Fu, G. K. L. Wong, and N. Ming, Second-harmonic generation in quasi-periodically domaininverted Sr0.6Ba0.4Nb2O6 optical superlattices, Opt. Lett. 22, 1382-1384 (1997). Keywords: ferroelectric poling,
quasiphasematch, Sellmeier.

Sr2Be2B2O7 (SBBO)
C. Chen, Y. Wang, Y. Xia, B. Wu, D. Tang, K. Wu, Z. Wenrong, L. Yu, and L. Mei, New development of nonlinear optical
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SrB4O7 (Strontium tetraborate)

Y. S. Oseledchik, A. L. Prosvirnin, A. I. Pisarevskiy, V. V. Starshenko, V. V. Osadchuk, S. P. Belokrys, N. V. Svitanko, A. S.
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J. Cryst. Growth 241, 108-114 (2002). Keywords: crystal growth, crystal structure, efficiency, Sellmeier, sum-frequency,
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V. Petrov, F. Noack, D. Shen, F. Pan, G. Shen, X. Wang, R. Komatsu, and V. Alex, Application of the nonlinear crystal
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SrLaGa3O7
Z. Burshtein, Y. Shimony, I. Levy, A. M. Lejus, J. M. Benitez, and F. Mougel, Refractive-index studies in Ca 2Ga2SiO7 and
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TbCa4O(BO3)3 (TbCOB)
D. Yuang, Z. Gao, S. Zhang, Z. Jia, J. Shu, Y. Li, Z. Wang, and X. Tao, Linear and nonlinear optical properties of terbium
calcium oxyborate single crystals, Opt. Exp. 22, 27606-27616 (2014). Keywords: Sellmeier, d-tensor, phasematch, sumfrequency, efficiency, picosecond

TmAl3(BO3)4 (TAB)
G. Jia, C. Tu, J. Li, Z. Zhu, Z. You, Y. Wang, and B. Wu, Growth and thermal and spectral properties of a new nonlinear
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Te
V.A. Gorobets, V. O. Petukhov, S. Ya. Tochitskii, and V. V. Churakov, Studies of nonlinear optical characteristics of IR
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T. Yamauchi, N. Kikuzawa, and E. Minehara, Second harmonic generation in Te crystal using free electron laser, Jpn. J.
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Tl3AsSe3 (TAS)
R. C. Y. Auyeung, D. M. Zielke, and B. J. Feldman, Multiple harmonic conversion of pulsed CO 2 laser radiation in
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R. L. Pastel, Intracavity doubling of a CO2 TEA laser with thallium-arsenic-selenide cryatal, Appl. Opt. 26, 1574-1576
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D. R. Suhre, Efficient second-harmonic generation in Tl 3AsSe3 using focussed CO2 laser radiation, Appl. Phys. B 52, 367370 (1991). Keywords: acceptance angle, damage, deff, efficiency
D. R. Suhre, L. H. Taylor, Six-watt mid-infrared laser using harmonic generation with Tl 3AsSe3, Appl. Phys. B 63, 225-228
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Tl4HgI6
K. I. Avdienko, D. V. Badikov, V. V. Badikov, V. I. Chizhikov, V. L. Panyutin, G. S. Shevyrdyaeva, S. I. Scherbakov, and E.
S. Scherbakova, Optical properties of thallium mercury iodide, Opt. Mater. 23, 569-573 (2003). Keywords: crystal growth,
phasematch, Sellmeier, transmission

TmCa4O(BO3)3
Y. Liu, F. Yu, Z. Wang, X. Xu, and X. Zhao, Anisotropy of nonlinear optical properties in monoclinic crystal
TmCa4O(BO3)3, Opt. Mat. Exp. 4, 1787-1793 (2014). Keywords: dijk, phasematch, picosecond, sum-frequency, Sellmeier

YAl3(BO3)4 (YAB)
A. Brenier, Tunable coherent infrared generation near 2.5 m from self-frequency mixing in YAl3(BO3)4:Nd3+, Appl.
Opt. 43, 6007-6010 (2004). Keywords: acceptance angle, difference-frequency, efficiency, Sellmeier
P. Dekker and J. M. Dawes, Characterization of nonlinear conversion and crystal quality in Nd- and Yb-doped YAB, Opt.
Express 12, 5922-5930 (2004). Keywords: acceptance angle, efficiency, sum-frequency
S. Ilas, P. Loisea, G. Aka, and T. Taira, 240 kW peak power at 266 nm in nonlinear YAl 3(BO3)4 single crystal, Opt. Exp.
22, 30325-30332 (2014). Keywords; sum-frequency, efficiency, nanosecond, transmission, M2, two-photon absorption
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[YAl3(BO3)4] self-frequency-doubling laser, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 1042-1048 (2000). Keywords: phasematch, Sellmeier, sumfrequency, temperature-bandwidth, temperature tuning
H. Jiang, J. Li, J. Wang, X.-B. Hu, H. Liu, B. Teng, C.-Q. Zhang, P. Dekker, and P. Wang, Growth of Yb:YAl 3(BO3)4
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Q. Liu, X. Yan, M. Gong, H. Liu, G. Zhang, and N. Ye, High-power 266 nm ultraviolet generation in yttrium aluminum
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C. Tu, Y. Huang, M. Qiu, and Z. Luo, The growth of Nd3+:GdxY1-xAl3(BO3)4 crystals, J. Crystal Growth 206, 249-251
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YCa4O(BO3)3 (YCOB)
J. J. Adams, C. A. Ebbers, K. I. Schaffers, and S. A. Payne, Type I frequency doubling at 1064 nm in LaCa 4O(BO3)3
(LaCOB), GdCa4O(BO3)3 (GdCOB), and YCa4O(BO3)3 (YCOB), OSA TOPS 50, 615-621 (2001). Keywords: acceptance
angle, crystal growth, deff, phasematch, sum-frequency, temperature-bandwidth
G. Aka, F. Mougel, D. Pelenc, B. Ferrand, and D. Vivien, Comparative evaluation of GdCOB and YCOB nonlinear-optical
properties, in principal and out of principal plane configurations, for the 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser frequency conversion, Proc.
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temperature-bandwidth, transmission, walkoff angle
G. Aka, E. Reino, P. Loiseau, D. Vivien, B. Ferrand, L. Fulbert, D. Pelenc, G. Lucas-Leclin, and P. Georges, Ca 4REO(BO3)3
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P. B. W. Burmester, T. Kellner, K. Petermann, G. Huber, R. Uecker, and P. Reiche, Type-I non-critically phase-matched
second-harmonic generation in Gd1-xYxCa4O(BO3)3, Appl. Phys. B 68, 1143-1146 (1999). Keywords: acceptance angle,
compositional tuning, crystal growth, phasematch, temperature bandwidth, temperature tuning
B. H. T. Chai, Advances in bulk inorganic nonlinear optical materials, Optics & Photonics News, Jan. 1999, p. 31.
Keywords: crystal structure, efficiency
C. Chen, Z. Shao, J. Jiang, J. Wei, J. Lin, J. Wang, N. Ye, J. Lv, B. Wu, M. Jiang, M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki,
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X. Chen, M. Huang, Z. Luo, and Y. Huang, Determination of the optimum phase-matching directions for the self-frequency
conversion of Nd:GdCOB and Nd:YCOB crystals, Opt. Comm. 196, 299-307 (2001). Keywords: deff, dij, phasematch,
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C. Du, Z. Wang, J. Liu, X. Xu, K. Fu, G. Xu, J. Wang, and Z. Shao, Investigation of intracavity third-harmonic generation at
1.06 m in YCa4O(BO3)3 crystals, Appl. Phys. B 74, 125-127 (2002). Keywords: efficiency, phasematch, sum-frequency
J. M. Eichenholz, D. A. Hammons, L. Shah, Q. Ye, R. E. Peale, M. Richardson, and B. H. T. Chai, Diode-pumped selffrequency doubling in a Nd3+:YCa4O(BO3)3 laser, Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 1954-1956 (1999). Keywords: efficiency
Y. Fei, B. H. T. Chai, C. A. Ebbers, Z. M. Liao, K. I. Schaffers, and P. Thelin, Large-aperture YCOB crystal growth for
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H. Furuya, H. Nakao, I. Yamada, Y. F. Ruan, Y. K. Yap, M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, Alleviation of
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H. Furuya, M. Yoshimura, T. Kobayashi, K. Murase, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, Crystal growth and characterization of Gd xY1xCa4O(BO3)3 crystal, J. Crystal Growth 198/199, 560-563 (1999). Keywords: compositional tuning, crystal growth, d eff,
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E. W. Gaul, M. Martinez, J. Blakeney, A. Jochmann, M. Ringuette, D. Hammond, T. Borger, R. Escamilla, S. Douglas, W.
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S. Hatano, M. Yoshimura, Y. Mori, T. Sasaki, and S. Ito, Monolithic wavelength converter for ultraviolet light by use of a
GdxY1-xCa4O(BO3)3 crystal, Appl. Opt. 44, 7651-7658 (2005). Keywords: acceptance angle, cw, efficiency, phasematch,
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M. Iwai, T. Kobayashi, H. Furuya, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, Crystal growth and optical characterization of rare-earth (Re)
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W. K. Jang, Q. Ye, J. Eichenholz, M. C. Richardson, B. H. T. Chai, Second harmonic generation in Yb doped
YCa4O(BO3)3, Opt. Comm. 155, 332-334 (1998). Keywords: efficiency, sum-frequency
W. K. Jang, Q. Ye, D. Hammons, J. Eichenholz, J. Lim, M. Richardson, B. H. T. Chai, and E. Van Stryland, Improved
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sum-frequency, transmission
X. Ke, P. Loiseau, and G. Aka, Self frequency doubling performances of Yb 3+ doped GdCOB and YCOB based on new
phase matching angles determinations in XY and ZX principales planes, Advanced Solid State Photonics, 2008. Keywords:
sum-frequency, phasematch, crystal growth, Sellmeier, efficiency
J. Liu, C. Wang, S. Zhang, C. Du, J. Lu, J. Wang, H. Chen, Z. Shao, and M. Jiang, Investigation on intracavity secondharmonic generation at 1.06 m in YCa4O(BO3)3 by using an end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser, Opt. Comm. 182, 187-191
(2000). Keywords: deff, efficiency, phasematch, sum-frequency, temperature-bandwidth, transmission
P. Loiko, X. Mateos, Y. Wang, Z. Pan, K. Yumashev, H. Zhang, U. Gresbner, and V. Petrov, Thermo-optic dispersion
formulas for YCOB And GdCOB laser crystal hosts, Opt. Mat. Exp. 5, 1089-1097 (2015). Keywords: dn/dT, thermal
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A. Major, J. S. Aitchison, P. W. E. Smith, F. Druon, P. Georges, B. Viana, G. P. Aka, Z-scan measurements of the nonlinear
refractive indices of novel Yb-doped laser crystal hosts, Appl. Phys. B 80, 199-201 (2005). Keywords: n2
H. Pires, M. Galimberti, and G. Figeuira, Numerical evaluation of ultrabroadband parametric amplification in YCOB, J.
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K. Schaffers, A. J. Bayramian, J. A. Caird, R. Campbell, C. A. Ebbers, B. L. Freitas, R. Kent, D. Van Lue, Z. Liao, T. Ladran,
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P. Segonds, B. Boulanger, J.-P. Feve, B. Menaert, J. Zaccaro, G. Aka, and D. Pelenc, Linear and nonlinear optical properties
of the monoclinic Ca4YO(BO3)3 crystal, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 21, 765-769 (2004). Keywords: phasematch, Sellmeier, sumfrequency, transmission
P. Segonds, B. Boulanger, B. Menaert, J. Zaccaro, J. P. Salvestrini, M. D. Fontana, R. Moncorge, F. Poree, G. Gadret, J.
Mangin, A. Brenier, G. Boulon, G. Aka, D. Pelenc, Optical characterization of YCa 4O(BO3)3 crystals, Opt. Mat. 29, 975982 (2007). Keywords: crystal growth, crystal structure, damage, fluorescence, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency,
temperature tuning, thermal expansion, transmission
Z. Shao, J. Lu, Z. Wang, J. Wang, and M. Jiang, Anisotropic properties of Nd:ReCOB (Re=Y, Gd): A low symmetry selffrequency doubling crystal, Prog. Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 40, 63-73 (2000). Keywords: deff, dij,
efficiency, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency
P. Tzankov and V. Petrov, Effective second-order nonlinearity in acentric optical crystals with low symmetry, Appl. Opt.
44, 6971-6985 (2005). Keywords: dij
C. Wang, H. Zhang, X. Meng, L. Zhu, Y. T. Chow, X. Liu, R. Cheng, H. Yang, S. Zhang, and L. Sun, Thermal,
spectroscopic properties and laser performance at 1.06 and 1.33 m of Nd:Ca4YO(BO3)3 and Nd:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 crystals, J.
Crystal Growth 220, 114-120 (2000). Keywords: crystal growth, fluorescence, thermal expansion
J. Wang, Z. Shao, J. Wei, X. Hu, Y. Liu, B. Gong, G. Li, J. Lu, M. Guo, and M. Jiang, Research on growth and selffrequency doubling of Nd:ReCOB (Re=Y or Gd) crystals, Prog. in Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials 40, 1731 (2000). Keywords: crystal growth, crystal structure, deff, dij, phasematch, Sellmeier, sum-frequency
Z. Wang, K. Fu, X. Xu, X. Sun, H. Jiang, R. Song, J. Liu, J. Wang, Y. Liu, J. Wei, and Z. Shao, The optimum configuration
for the third-harmonic generation of 1.064 m in a YCOB crystal, Appl. Phys. B 72, 839-842 (2001). Keywords: deff, dij,
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Z. Wang, X. Xu, K. Fu, R. Song, J. Wang, J. Wei, Y. Liu, and Z. Shao, Non-critical phase matching of Gd xY1compositional tuning, crystal
xCa4O(BO3)3(GdxY1-xCOB) crystal, Solid State Comm. 120, 397-400 (2001). Keywords:
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Q. Ye, L. Shah, J. Eichenholz, D. Hammons, R. Peale, M. Richardson, A. Chin, and B. H. T. Chai, Investigation of diodepumped, self-frequency doubled RGB lasers from Nd:YCOB crystals, Opt. Comm. 164, 33-37 (1999). Keywords:
efficiency, fluorescence, sum-frequency, thermal conductivity
M. Yoshimura, H. Furuya, T. Kobayashi, K. Murase, Y. Mori, and T. Sasaki, Noncritically phase-matched frequency
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L. Yu, X. Liang, J. Li, A. Wu, Y. Zheng, X. Lu, C. Wang, Y. Leng, J. Xu, R. Li, and Z. Xu, Experimental demonstration of
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S. Zhang, Z. Cheng, S. Zhang, J. Han, L. Sun, and H. Chen, Growth and noncritical phase-matching third-harmonicgeneration of GdxY1-xCa4O(BO3)3 crystal, J. Crystal Growth 231, 415-418 (2000). Keywords: compositional tuning, crystal
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YCa9(VO4)7 (YCV)
Z. Lin, G. Wang, and L. Zhang, "Growth of a new nonlinear optical crystal YCa9(VO4)7," J. Cryst. Growth 304, 233-235
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Y(HCOO)3 2H2O
L. Bohaty, L. Bayarjargal, and P. Becker, Linear and nonlinear optical properties of yttrium formate dihydrate, Y(HCOO) 3
2H2O, Appl. Phys. B (2006). Keywords: dij, phasematch, Sellmeier, transmission

Zn3BPO7 (ZBP)
Y. Wu, G. Wang, P. Fu, X. Liang, Z. Xu, and C. Chen, A new nonlinear optical crystal -Zn3BPO7, J. Crystal Growth 229,
205-207 (2001). Keywords: crystal growth, crystal structure, dij, Sellmeier, transmission

ZnCd(SCN)4 zinc cadmium thiocyanate (ZCTC)

G. H. Zhang, D. Xu, Y. T. Chow, M. K. Lu, X. Q. Wang, D. R. Yuan, P. L. Chu, Q. Ren, and X. G. Xu, Violet light second
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425-430 (2004). Keywords: acceptance angle, crystal structure, cw, deff, dij, efficiency, phasematch, Sellmeier, sumfrequency, thermal expansion, transmission, walkoff angle

ZnGeP2 (ZGP)
Yu. M. Andreev, O. V. Budilova, A. A. Ionin, I. O. Kinyaevskiy, Yu. M. Klimachev, A. A. Kotkov, and A. Yu. Kozlov,
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Yu. M. Andreev, S. D. Velikanov, A. S. Yerutin, A. F. Zapolskii, D. V. Konkin, S. N. Mishkin, S. V. Smirnov, Yu. N.
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ZnO
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ZnS
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ZnSe
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ZnTe
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Deuterated Zn tris thiourea sulphate (d-ZTS)

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