Frequency conversion processes in the non-linear organic crystal N-(4-nitrophenyl)-L-prolinol

被引：6
作者：
Banfi, GP
Degiorgio, V
Sherwood, JN
机构：
[1] Univ Pavia, Ist Nazl Fis Mat, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[2] Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Elettron, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
[3] Univ Strathclyde, Dept Pure & Appl Chem, Glasgow G1 1XL, Lanark, Scotland
来源：
SYNTHETIC METALS | 2001年 / 124卷 / 01期
关键词：
parametric generation; non-linear organic crystals; optical up-conversion;
D O I：
10.1016/S0379-6779(01)00458-1
中图分类号：
T [工业技术];
学科分类号：
08 ;
摘要：
Crystals of N-(4-nitrophenyl)-L-prolinol (NPP) of large size and of high optical quality are grown in methanol solution starting from toluene nucleated seeds. The high second-order susceptibility of NPP is exploited to carry out frequency conversion processes (parametric generation and frequency up-conversion) at a very low input intensity. In particular, parametric generation from quantum noise, with 10% conversion efficiency, is obtained in a single pass of the pump pulse focused to an intensity around 10(8) W/cm(2). (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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