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Nonlinear crystals

Nature Photonics volume 2, pages 380–381 (2008)Cite this article

Optical crystals with a strong nonlinear response to light are important tools in photonics, enabling applications ranging from wavelength conversion to short-pulse generation. Neil Savage surveys some of the materials on offer and their uses.

“We're always looking to push the envelope of performance of these materials,” says Dominic Loiacono, general manager of Coherent's Advanced Crystal Group. “These materials have been around a long time, and still they're yet to be perfected.”

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Savage, N. Nonlinear crystals. Nature Photon 2, 380–381 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.97

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