Table 1 Parameters of crystals used for white-light generation (WLG).

From: Optical parametric amplification of sub-cycle shortwave infrared pulses

Material

n2 (cm2/W)

Pcr (MW)

CaF2

1.24 × 10−16

4.3

Sapphire

3.1 × 10−16

1.4

YAG

6.9 × 10−16

0.6

  1. n2 is the nonlinear refractive index and Pcr is the critical power for WLG.
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