• DocumentCode
    520908
  • Title

    Management of thermal effects in high average power pulsed optical parametric oscillators

  • Author

    Godard, A. ; Raybaut, M. ; Schmid, T. ; Lefebvre, M. ; Michel, A.-M. ; Péalat, M.

  • Author_Institution
    French Aerosp. Lab., ONERA, Palaiseau, France
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on experimental investigation and modelling of thermal effects in high-power pulsed OPOs. A significant improvement of the conversion efficiency is demonstrated when a proper temperature gradient is applied to the nonlinear crystal.
  • Keywords
    Energy management; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Temperature distribution; Thermal lensing; Thermal management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500512
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520908