| Abstract: | The presence of an impurity like rhodium in the platinum crucible used for the growth of KTiOPO4 (KTP) single crystals can have severe consequences in the performance of devices made from these crystals. In the present study the effect of rhodium incorporation has been investigated. Rhodium‐incorporated KTP crystals have a lower ionic conductivity (1.3 × 10–7 S/cm at 100 kHz) than pure KTP crystals (3.5 × 10–6 S/cm at 100 kHz) along the c‐axis. And the optical absorption in the green‐wavelength regime leads to a detrimental effect on their SHG performance. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
