We review the optical and other relevant properties of two lithium indium compounds with wurtzite type structure, LiInS2 and LiInSe2, which occupy a unique position among the mid-IR nonlinear crystals, having band-gaps at 347 nm and 433 nm, respectively. Realized and potentially interesting frequency conversion schemes with these two biaxial crystals are discussed.
Keywords: Lithium thioindate, lithium selenoindate, nonlinear optical crystals, mid-infrared spectral range, down-conversion, optical parametric oscillators, optical parametric amplifiers, ultrashort laser pulses.
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Zondy, J.J., Petrov, V., Yelisseyev, A., Lobanov, S., Isaenko, L. (2008). Orthorhombic Crystals of Lithium Thioindate and Selenoindate for Nonlinear Optics in the Mid-IR. In: Ebrahim-Zadeh, M., Sorokina, I.T. (eds) Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources and Applications. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6463-0_2
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