A highly efficient organic second-order nonlinear optical crystal based on a donor-acceptor substituted 4-nitrophenylhydrazone

Feng Pan*, Ricky M S WONG, Martin Bösch, Christian Bosshard, Urs Meier, Peter Günter

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Abstract

We present a novel organic crystal, 5-(methylthio)-thiophenecarboxaldehyde-4-nitrophenylhydrazone, with a large effective phase-matchable nonlinear optical coefficient, deff=29±3 pm/V at λ=1318 nm. Single crystals of dimensions up to 25X5X5 mm3 were grown. The large off-diagonal nonlinear optical coefficients can be explained with the two-dimensional geometry of the chromophores in the crystal lattice. Our crystal is ideally suited for optic parametric oscillation in the wavelength range from 1000 to 2500 nm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2064-2066
Number of pages3
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume71
Issue number15
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Oct 1997

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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