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Tunable mid-infrared coherent radiation (3.25- 3.7 μm) is generated by quasi-phase-matched difference frequency generation in a multi-grating periodically-poled RbTiOAsO4 crystal. The spontaneous polarization and coercive field of flux-grown RbTiOAsO4 are determined by polarization switching measurements. The nonlinear interaction enables us to explore the optical and nonlinear properties of this material in the mid-infrared range, where data is scarce. The measurements are used to derive a mid- infrared corrected dispersion equation for nz in RbTiOAsO4. This equation is in excellent agreement with previously published measurements of nonlinear interactions in periodically-poled RbTiOAsO4. The measured wavelength and temperature bandwidths are ≈48 nm cm and ≈29 °C cm, respectively. A relatively high temperature tuning slope of the phase-matched idler wavelength, -1.27 nm/°C, is measured. This may be useful for realizing temperature-tuned nonlinear devices.
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Received: 30 March 2000 / Revised version: 9 May 2000 / Published online: 30 June 2000
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Fradkin-Kashi, K., Arie, A., Urenski, P. et al. Characterization of optical and nonlinear properties of periodically-poled RbTiOAsO4 in the mid-infrared range via difference-frequency generation . Appl Phys B 71, 251–255 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400000373
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400000373