Spectrum broadening of second harmonic femtosecond pulse in nonlinear crystal

Abstract

The results of experimental and theoretical studies of behavior spectral profile of second harmonic (SH) radiation with a central wavelength of 475-477 nm during its formation in a nonlinear KDP crystal, depending on the phase matching angle and radiation intensity are presented. It is shown that a change in the propagation angle of fundamental radiation to one or the other side of phase matching angle by 16– 20 min leads to a spatially inhomogeneous broadening of the second harmonic spectrum up to two times and a shift of its maximum (averaged over the beam cross section) to shorter wavelengths from the central wavelength.