Laser damage studies in nonlinear optical crystal sodium p-nitrophenolate dihydrate

Vanishri, S and Reddy, JN Babu and Bhat, HL and Ghosh, S (2007) Laser damage studies in nonlinear optical crystal sodium p-nitrophenolate dihydrate. In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 88 (3). pp. 457-461.

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Abstract

We report the surface laser damage threshold in sodium p-nitrophenolate dihydrate, a nonlinear optical crystal. The experiment is performed with a pulsed Nd:YAG laser in TEM00 mode. The single shot damage thresholds are 11.16 +/- 0.28GWcm(-2) and 1.25 +/- 0.02GWcm(-2) for 1064 nm and 532 nm laser wavelengths respectively. A close correlation between the laser damage threshold and mechanical hardness is observed. A possible mechanism of laser damage is discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	29 Mar 2010 11:27
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:57
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/26308

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