Thermal effects in an ultrafast BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator at high average powers
Abstract
An ultrafast, high-average-power, extended-cavity, femtosecond BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator was constructed as a test bed for investigating the scalability of infrared parametric devices. Despite the high pulse energies achieved by this system, the reduction in slope efficiency near the maximum-available pump power prompted the investigation of thermal effects in the crystal during operation. Furthermore, the local heating effects in the crystal were used to determine the impact on both phase matching and thermal lensing to understand limitations that must be overcome to achieve microjoule-level pulse energies at high repetition rates.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Contributing Org.:
- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1399089
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1374926
- Report Number(s):
- 2017-34, 1352
Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X; APOPAI; 2017-34, 2307, 1352
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001944
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Optics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 56; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 1559-128X
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; parametric oscillators and amplifiers; thermal lensing; thermal imaging
Citation Formats
Petersen, T., Zuegel, J. D., and Bromage, J. Thermal effects in an ultrafast BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator at high average powers. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1364/AO.56.006923.
Petersen, T., Zuegel, J. D., & Bromage, J. Thermal effects in an ultrafast BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator at high average powers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.006923
Petersen, T., Zuegel, J. D., and Bromage, J. Tue .
"Thermal effects in an ultrafast BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator at high average powers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.56.006923. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399089.
@article{osti_1399089,
title = {Thermal effects in an ultrafast BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator at high average powers},
author = {Petersen, T. and Zuegel, J. D. and Bromage, J.},
abstractNote = {An ultrafast, high-average-power, extended-cavity, femtosecond BiB3O6 optical parametric oscillator was constructed as a test bed for investigating the scalability of infrared parametric devices. Despite the high pulse energies achieved by this system, the reduction in slope efficiency near the maximum-available pump power prompted the investigation of thermal effects in the crystal during operation. Furthermore, the local heating effects in the crystal were used to determine the impact on both phase matching and thermal lensing to understand limitations that must be overcome to achieve microjoule-level pulse energies at high repetition rates.},
doi = {10.1364/AO.56.006923},
journal = {Applied Optics},
number = 24,
volume = 56,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Tue Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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