CRYSTAL OPTICS

1. CRYSTAL OPTICS “Handbook of nonlinear optical crystals” by Dmitriev, Gurzadyan and Nikogosyan Born and Wolf Pages 790-795 TexPoint fonts used in EMF. Read the TexPoint manual before you delete this box.: AAAA

2. CRYSTALS With respect to principal axis: Uniaxial crystal Biaxial crystal TexPoint fonts used in EMF. Read the TexPoint manual before you delete this box.: AAAAAAAA

3. E D k B, H

4. Uniaxial crystals Ordinary ray Principal plane Extraordinary ray Principal plane

5. Uniaxial crystals ne does not depend on j

6. E Uniaxial crystals Walk-off angle: Equation of the index ellipse: z k no E ne (q) D q E x H = s b ne x, y or r

7. qc z k no E ne (q) q b ne x, y or r E L Orienting Uniaxial crystals

8. Velocities in Uniaxial crystals qc z E E no vp = c/ne (q) q k b ne vr = ray velocity x, y or r L Quote from Born & Wolf: The ray velocity is a useful concept, although, like the phase velocity, it has no directly verifiable physical significance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9. NONLINEAR OPTICS “Handbook of nonlinear optics” by Richard L. Sutherland “Handbook of nonlinear optical crystals” by Dmitriev, Gurzadyan and Nikogosyan

10. E x H = s b n01 E Phase matching o o e z k no3 E D q ne3 x, y or r

11. o o e o e e Phase matching z k no3 no1 D q ne1 n01 ne3 y x

12. YVO4 POSITIVE uniaxial crystals (extraordinary index> ordinary) AR coated faces Optic axis 25o P-polarized polarization orthogonal to k vector which is optic axis thus o-wave 25o Optically contacted interface Optic axis l/4 After interface, still o-wave, since p-wave polarized in plane of paper, optic axis perpendicular to paper in second crystal No change of index at the interface for a p-wave