Laser damage studies in zinc (tris) thiourea sulfate: Nonlinear optical crystal

Autor:	Sonal S. Gupte, Ranjit D. Pradhan, A. Marcano O., Noureddine Melikechi, C. F. Desai
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	Laser ablation Materials science business.industry Analytical chemistry General Physics and Astronomy chemistry.chemical_element Nonlinear optics Zinc Laser law.invention Crystal chemistry.chemical_compound Wavelength Optics Thiourea chemistry law Anisotropy business
Zdroj:	Journal of Applied Physics. 91:3125-3128
ISSN:	1089-7550 0021-8979
DOI:	10.1063/1.1436287
Popis:	We report on a detailed study of laser damage in a semiorganic nonlinear optical crystal, zinc (tris) thiourea sulfate using eight nanosecond laser pulses with a repetition rate of 10 Hz at wavelengths of 532 and 1064 nm. The damage morphology shows a correlation with the mechanical hardness anisotropy. The crystal shows a damage threshold measured to be 0.6±0.1 GW/cm2 for a single 532 nm laser pulse which reduces to 0.12±0.01 GW/cm2 as the number of shots is increased to 10 000. Single shot laser damage at 1064 nm wavelength shows an onset estimated to be about 3 GW/cm2. Multiple shots at 1064 nm result in laser ablation hindering the determination of a damage threshold. We suggest a possible role of negative thermal effects resulting in the high damage threshold observed in this crystal.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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