Title :
Performance Evaluation of High Power PPLN OPO Influenced by Cavity Configurations and Thermal Effects
Author :
Guangyuan He ; Jing Guo ; Zhongxing Jiao ; Biao Wang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Eng., Sun Yat-sen Univ., Guangzhou, China
Abstract :
Numerical simulations for periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) optical parametric oscillators (OPO) with different cavity configurations are shown in this paper. The thermal effects of PPLN are investigated. The power variation caused by the mode matching in different cavity configurations and the thermal relaxation of the PPLN OPO are observed in the experiments. These results can be explained by the mode changing due to the thermal lens effect.
Keywords :
lithium compounds; numerical analysis; optical parametric oscillators; performance evaluation; thermal lensing; LiNbO3; cavity configurations; mode matching; numerical simulations; optical parametric oscillators; performance evaluation; periodically poled lithium niobate; thermal effects; thermal lens effect; thermal relaxation; Cavity resonators; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics and Optoelectronics (SOPO), 2011 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6555-2
DOI :
10.1109/SOPO.2011.5780394
