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header for SPIE use How to select nonlinear crystals and model their performance using SNLO software A. V. Smith Sandia National Laboratories, MS 1423, Albuquerque, NM 87185 ABSTRACT SNLO is public domain software developed at Sandia Nat. Labs. It is intended to assist in the selection of the best nonlinear crystal for a particular application, and in predicting its performance. This paper briefly describes its functions and how to use them. Keywords: optical parametric mixing, optical parametric oscillator, nonlinear crystals, nonlinear optics software 1. INTRODUCTION The advent of powerful desktop computers has made it possible to automate calculations of the linear and nonlinear properties of crystals, and to perform detailed simulations of nonlinear mixing processes in crystals. The purpose of SNLO is to make these calculations available to the public in a free, user- friendly, windows-based package, with the hope that this will advance the state of the art in applications such as optical parametric oscillators/amplifiers (OPO/OPA), optical parametric generation (OPG), frequency doublers, etc. There are three types of functions included in the SNLO menu, shown to the right. The first set help in computing the crystal properties such as phase-matching angles, effective nonlinear coefficients, group velocity, and birefringence. They include functions Ref. Ind., Qmix, Bmix, QPM, Opoangles, and GVM. The second set, functions PW-mix-LP, PW-