Title :
Thermal management in high-power continuous-wave second harmonic generation
Author :
Chaitanya Kumar, S. ; Ghavami Sabouri, Saeed ; Khorsandi, Alireza ; Ebrahim-Zadeh, Majid
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Cienc. Fotoniques, Castelldefels, Spain
Abstract :
We report a systematic study of thermal effects in high-power single-pass SHG in the presence of absorption, and propose an optimum heating configuration for the crystal to minimize thermal lensing at various fundamental power levels.
Keywords :
light absorption; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; thermal lensing; thermo-optical effects; fundamental power levels; high-power continuous wave second harmonic generation; high-power single-pass SHG; optical absorption; optimum heating configuration; thermal effects; thermal lensing; thermal management; Absorption; Crystals; Heating; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Ovens; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
