Introduction to Nonlinear Optics and Crystal Growth Techniques Process

Nonlinear optical property is an important phenomenon in optoelectronics. The frequency conversion of the non linear optical (NLO) material has a significant impact on laser technology, optical communication and optical storage technology. Therefore scientists were very much interested in to discover new NLO crystals. The search of new frequency conversion material was concentrated over the organic materials. But they have often-inadequate transparency, poor optical quality, lack of robustness and low laser damage threshold. Hence recent search concentrates on semi organic materials due to their large nonlinearity, high resistance to laser induced damage, low angular sensitivity and good mechanical hardness