Zinc selenide: an extraordinarily nonlinear material Conference Paper

abstract

• © 2018 SPIE. Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) has long been recognized as a nonlinear optical material and is used in many optoelectronic devices such as light emitting diodes. ZnSe is known for its remarkably wide transmission range for infrared radiation leading to its use in infrared laser applications. In this report, we discuss higher order harmonic generation when exposing ZnSe to tunable femtosecond mid-IR laser pulses with wavelengths ranging from 2.7 μm to 8.0 μm and pulse energies between 3 and 17 μJ. Higher order harmonic generation was in some instances strong enough to be directly seen by the unaided eye. We also compare these results with measurements taken for other optical materials.

name of conference

• Optical Components and Materials XV

authors

• Nodurft, Dawson
• Yakovlev, Vladislav

published proceedings

• Optical Components and Materials XV

author list (cited authors)

• Nodurft, D. T., Yakovlev, V. V., Wharmby, A. W., Marble, C. B., & OConnor, S. P.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Nodurft, Dawson T||Yakovlev, Vladislav V||Wharmby, Andrew W||Marble, Christopher B||OConnor, Sean P

publication date

• February 2018

publisher

• SPIE  Publisher

published in

• 35th European Mask and Lithography Conference (EMLC 2019)  Journal

keywords

• Eleventh Order Harmonic Generation
• Femtosecond Laser
• Mid-infrared Laser
• Nonlinear Optics
• Third Order Harmonic Generation
• Zinc Selenide

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1117/12.2291305

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781510615410

start page

• 105281x

volume

• 10528