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Linear and third-order nonlinear optical properties of LiKB4O7 single crystals

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In the present work, third-order nonlinear optical parameters of lithium potassium borate (LiKB4O7) crystal, a potential NLO material, are determined along the three crystallographic axes using Z-scan technique. The high value of nonlinear refractive index (n 2) obtained along c-axis is −7.582 × 10−11 cm2/W, and the corresponding third-order nonlinear susceptibility (χ 3) is 4.858 × 10−9 esu. The measured nonlinear refractive indices reveal the self-defocusing effect of LiKB4O7 crystals.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Prof. D. Sastikumar, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India, for providing facility for Z-scan measurement. One of the authors M. Sukumar is grateful to UGC-SAP, India, for the award of meritorious Research Fellowship Grant [No. F. 4-1/2006(BSR)/7-197/2008(BSR) dated 23.09.2010].

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    M. Sukumar & R. Ramesh Babu

  2. Crystal Growth and Thin Film Laboratory, Department of Physics and Nanotechnology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, 603 203, India

    K. Ramamurthi

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Sukumar, M., Ramesh Babu, R. & Ramamurthi, K. Linear and third-order nonlinear optical properties of LiKB4O7 single crystals. Appl. Phys. B 121, 369–373 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-015-6239-1

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