Temperature-Dependent Sellmeier Equations of IR Nonlinear Optical Crystal BaGa4Se7

Abstract

The thermal dependent principal refractive indices of a new promising IR nonlinear optical crystal BaGa4Se7 at wavelengths of 0.546, 0.5806, 0.644, 0.7065, 1.530, 1.970, and 2.325μm were measured by using the vertical incidence method within the temperature range from 25 to 150 °C. We derived equations of thermal refractive index coefficients as a function of wavelength that could be used to calculate the principal thermal refractive indices at different wavelengths. The temperature-dependent Sellmeier equations were also obtained and used to calculate the phase matching angles for the optical parametric process of BaGa4Se7 crystal at different temperatures.

Keywords

• BaGa4Se7
• nonlinear optical crystal
• thermal refractive index coefficient
• temperature-dependent Sellmeier equation