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
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;
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
