Nonlinear refractive indices of disordered NaT(XO4)(2) T=Y, La, Gd, Lu and Bi, X=Mo, W femtosecond laser crystals

• The nonlinear refractive index (n(2)) of several NaT(WO4)(2) (T = Y, La, Gd, Lu and Bi) and NaY(MoO4)(2) femtosecond laser crystals has been measured using the z-scan technique. These tetragonal crystals with structural local disorder present significant n(2) values, which should allow their efficient laser pulsed operation by Kerr-lens mode locking, especially NaBi(WO4)(2), 68x10(-16) cm(2)/W (for sigma light), which is about twice than for the others. This difference is attributed to the high polarizability associated with the lone electron pair of Bi3+.

Keyword

z-scan measurements

ti-sapphire laser

lens mode-locking

raman-scattering

local disorder

operation

spectroscopy

efficient

hosts

power

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