Vol. 26, issue 10, article # 4

Abstract:

Results on modification of improved synthesis and growth technologies of doped GaSe crystals, design of characterization methods and results of investigation of physical properties, design of tunable mid-IR and wide spectral bandwidth THz parametric frequency converters, first results of its applications in applied spectroscopy are summarized.

Keywords:

nonlinear crystal, GaSe, doping, frequency conversion, mid-IR, THz

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