Thermal loading investigations of LBO/BBO crystals
Book
·
OSTI ID:94452
- Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, CA (United States). Electronics Systems Division-Hawthorne Site
Optical parametric oscillators (OPO) and amplifiers (OPA) using beta-barium borate ({beta}-BaB{sub 2}O{sub 4} or BBO) and lithium triborate (LiB{sub 3}O{sub 5} or LBO) crystals have been used by many investigators to generate widely tunable, narrow bandwidth sources in the near-ultraviolet to the near-infrared region. This paper presents prospects for average power scaling of BBO and LBO parametric devices in which thermal loading due to pump absorption sets scaling limitations through dephasing. An interferometric method for studying thermal dephasing in these crystal yields preliminary estimates for average power scaling.
- OSTI ID:
- 94452
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940142--; ISBN 0-8194-1440-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
The Precision Hand Polishing of BBO and LBO
Nonlinear optical properties of atomic vapor and semiconductors
Optical parametric amplification in a lithium triborate crystal tunable from 0. 65 to 2. 5. mu. m
Journal Article
·
Mon Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1998
· Applied Optics
·
OSTI ID:306243
Nonlinear optical properties of atomic vapor and semiconductors
Thesis/Dissertation
·
Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997
·
OSTI ID:491564
Optical parametric amplification in a lithium triborate crystal tunable from 0. 65 to 2. 5. mu. m
Journal Article
·
Sun Nov 24 23:00:00 EST 1991
· Applied Physics Letters; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:6148616