ALPS Poster Session 2

[ALPSp2-07] Optimization of Effective Nonlinearity in Trigonal BaGa₂GeS₆

*Kentaro Miyata¹, Kiyoshi Kato^2,3, Nobuhiro Umemura², Valentin Petrov⁴ (1. RIKEN, 2. Chitose Institute of Science and Technology, 3. Okamoto Optics, Inc, 4. Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy)

The optimum propagation directions for maximum effective nonlinearity in the trigonal BaGa₂GeS₆ nonlinear crystal are determined based on magnitude and relative sign of its nonlinear coefficients with proper octant assignment.