Nonlinear absorption properties of DKDP crystal at 263 nm and 351 nm

Abstract At the wavelength of 263 nm and 351 nm, the nonlinear absorption curves of 66% deuterated DKDP crystal were measured in the geometries of beam polarizing along the optics axis (E∥Z) and perpendicular to it (E⊥Z). The results indicate that the nonlinear absorption in the E⊥Z geometry is stronger than that in the E∥Z geometry. The nonlinear absorptions at 263 nm and 351 nm are identified to two- and three-photon absorption, respectively. The theoretical fits to the experimental data yields the two-photon absorption coefficients of 0.32 ± 0.03 cm/GW (E⊥Z geometry) and 0.17 ± 0.02 cm/GW (E∥Z geometry) at 263 nm, and the three-photon absorption coefficients of (8.1 ± 1.1) × 10−4 cm3/GW2 (E⊥Z geometry) and (2.2 ± 0.5) × 10−4 cm3/GW2 (E∥Z geometry) at 351 nm.