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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 20, Iss. 9 — Apr. 23, 2012
  • pp: 9810–9818

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Measurement of thermal lensing in a CW BaWO4 intracavity Raman laser

Gerald M. Bonner, Helen M. Pask, Andrew J. Lee, Alan J. Kemp, Jiyang Wang, Huaijin Zhang, and Takashige Omatsu  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 9, pp. 9810-9818 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.009810


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Abstract

The thermal lens induced in an a-cut BaWO4 crystal by stimulated Raman scattering is measured using lateral shearing interferometry. The strength of the lens is proportional to the Stokes output power. For light polarized parallel to the a-axis, and a Stokes mode radius of 120 μm, the lens is negative and highly astigmatic: −0.8 D W−1 in the plane parallel to the a-axis and −7.7 D W−1 in the plane parallel to the c-axis. The implications of this thermal lens for Raman laser design are discussed.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3550) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Raman
(140.6810) Lasers and laser optics : Thermal effects
(190.5650) Nonlinear optics : Raman effect
(350.6830) Other areas of optics : Thermal lensing

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: February 15, 2012
Revised Manuscript: April 4, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: April 10, 2012
Published: April 16, 2012

Citation
Gerald M. Bonner, Helen M. Pask, Andrew J. Lee, Alan J. Kemp, Jiyang Wang, Huaijin Zhang, and Takashige Omatsu, "Measurement of thermal lensing in a CW BaWO4 intracavity Raman laser," Opt. Express 20, 9810-9818 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-9-9810


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