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KTP Crystal for Nonlinear Optical and Electrooptic Applications
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KTP Crystal for Nonlinear Optical and Electrooptic Applications

A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2018) | Viewed by 20657

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shur

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School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Interests: ferroelectrics; domain structure; domain engineering; nonlinear optics; nanotechnology; light frequency conversion

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

During the last few decades, potassium titanyl phosphate (KTP) and its isomorphs have attracted a great deal of attention, mainly due to their application in various types of photonic devices. These materials possess large nonlinear optic and electro-optic coefficients, high optical damage threshold, as well as broad thermal and angular acceptance for second harmonic generation. The recent interest in increasing the frequency conversion efficiency by periodical poling using modern methods of micro- and nanodomain engineering in the crystals of KTP family is enormous.

This Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics related to KTP crystals: from last achievements in crystal growth, improvement of the gray-track resistance, and study of their piezoelectric, ferroelectric, electrooptical, and nonlinear-optical properties to various photonic applications in wide spectral range from near UV to THz. Special attention will be given to in situ study of the domain structure evolution with high temporal and spatial resolutions and new approaches to periodical poling based on surface modifications.

Scientists and engineers working with crystals of KTP family are invited to contribute to the issue.

Prof. Vladimir Shur
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • potassium titanyl phosphate
  • crystal growth
  • domain structure
  • domain engineering
  • piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties
  • electrooptical and nonlinear-optical properties
  • light frequency conversion
  • second harmonic generation
  • optical parametric oscillation
  • THz wave generation

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Frequency Conversion in KTP Crystal and Its Isomorphs
by Sergey Gagarskiy, Sergey Grechin, Pioter Druzhinin, Kiyoshi Kato, David Kochiev, Pavel Nikolaev and Nobihuro Umemura
Crystals 2018, 8(10), 386; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8100386 - 10 Oct 2018
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We report the results of an analysis of the functional capabilities of the KTP crystal and its isomorphs for nonlinear-optical frequency conversion of all types of interactions in the transparency range of the crystal. The possibility of implementing angle, wavelength (frequency), and temperature-noncritical [...] Read more.
We report the results of an analysis of the functional capabilities of the KTP crystal and its isomorphs for nonlinear-optical frequency conversion of all types of interactions in the transparency range of the crystal. The possibility of implementing angle, wavelength (frequency), and temperature-noncritical phase matching is shown. Full article
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Analysis of Switching Current Data during Polarization Reversal in KTP Single Crystals with Surface Dielectric Layer
by Andrey Akhmatkhanov, Ekaterina Vaskina, Ekaterina Gachegova and Vladimir Shur
Crystals 2018, 8(8), 315; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8080315 - 04 Aug 2018
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Studies of polarization reversal processes in potassium titanyl phosphate (KTiOPO4, KTP) single crystals with surface dielectric layer are important due to their potential applications as the basis of bottom-up technology for creation of periodically poled nonlinear-optical crystals. We present the results [...] Read more.
Studies of polarization reversal processes in potassium titanyl phosphate (KTiOPO4, KTP) single crystals with surface dielectric layer are important due to their potential applications as the basis of bottom-up technology for creation of periodically poled nonlinear-optical crystals. We present the results of switching currents analysis accompanied by in situ visualization of domain kinetics during polarization reversal in KTP with 3 m-thick photoresist dielectric layer. Qualitative change of the switching current shape has been revealed as compared to the polarization reversal without surface dielectric layer. Two stages of domain structure evolution have been distinguished by in situ visualization of domain kinetics. The formation of submicron domain streamers in front of the moving domain walls has been revealed. The broadening of the domain streamers (1D domain growth) was observed at the second stage. The switching currents were approximated by the modified Kolmogorov-Avrami formula taking into account the change of the growth dimensionality (“geometrical catastrophe”). The sufficient input of the 1D growth to the switching process decreased with increase of the switching field. The obtained results were attributed to the domain wall shape instability induced by retardation of the depolarization field screening in ferroelectric with surface dielectric layer. Full article
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Optical Properties of KTP Crystals and Their Potential for Terahertz Generation
by Alexander Mamrashev, Nazar Nikolaev, Valery Antsygin, Yury Andreev, Grigory Lanskii and Arkady Meshalkin
Crystals 2018, 8(8), 310; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8080310 - 31 Jul 2018
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High nonlinearity, wide transparency range and optical quality allowed potassium titanyl phosphate (KTiOPO4, KTP) crystals to be used in a wide range of nonlinear applications. The success of KTP usage in the visible and infrared (IR) ranges drives interest in applying [...] Read more.
High nonlinearity, wide transparency range and optical quality allowed potassium titanyl phosphate (KTiOPO4, KTP) crystals to be used in a wide range of nonlinear applications. The success of KTP usage in the visible and infrared (IR) ranges drives interest in applying it at longer wavelengths, that is, in the terahertz (THz) range. We use THz optical properties of KTP crystals measured by terahertz time-domain spectrometer (THz-TDS) and refractive index approximated in the form of Sellmeier equations to investigate KTP application possibilities for IR-to-THz and THz-to-THz wave conversion. As a result, phase matching for s − f → f and s − f → s types of difference frequency generation (DFG) of Ti:Sapphire laser (at the wavelengths of 0.65, 0.8 and 1.1 µm) is found possible, as well as second harmonic generation (SHG) of THz waves by f + s→f type of interaction in the XZ principle plane of the crystal. Terahertz wave generation by phase-matched parametric processes in KTP demonstrates evident advantages in comparison with that of widely used MgO-doped LiNbO3 crystals. Full article
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Structural Reasons for the Nonlinear Optical Properties of KTP Family Single Crystals
by Nataliya E. Novikova, Nataliya I. Sorokina, Igor A. Verin, Olga A. Alekseeva, Ekaterina I. Orlova, Valentina I. Voronkova and Michael Tseitlin
Crystals 2018, 8(7), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst8070283 - 10 Jul 2018
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A brief review focuses on studies into the structural reasons for the nonlinear optical properties of crystals of the potassium titanyl phosphate family, performed at the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography. Accurate X-ray diffraction data are discussed, providing evidence that the optical susceptibility of [...] Read more.
A brief review focuses on studies into the structural reasons for the nonlinear optical properties of crystals of the potassium titanyl phosphate family, performed at the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography. Accurate X-ray diffraction data are discussed, providing evidence that the optical susceptibility of crystals is related not only to the alternation of long and short Ti–O bonds in the chains of TiO6 octahedra, but to the geometry of tetrahedral anions and the alkaline cation arrangement in the structure channels, as well. The contribution of each of the three structural components depends on the crystal composition. Full article
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