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Thermal aberrations and high power frequency conversion in a barium nitrate Raman laser

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Raman frequency conversion of high average power pulsed Nd:YAG laser radiation into the near IR spectral region in a barium nitrate Raman laser was studied with the emphasis on thermal effects inside the Raman-active medium. The probe-beam technique together with numerical reconstruction, done by integrating the transient heat conduction and paraxial wave equations, revealed dynamics of the induced distortions featuring high-order optical aberrations. By utilizing the Zernike expansion of the reconstructed phase profile and implementing a special focusing geometry of the pump beam, partial compensation of the distortions was realized in a stable configuration of the Raman cavity. Generation of the first-, second-, and third-order Stokes radiation with output power of 17, 9.5, and 5.5 W corresponding to a quantum conversion efficiency of 32, 21, and 13% is reported.

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This work was made possible by financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Project EI 110/29-1) and by the International Science and Technology Center (Project B-1679).

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  1. B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Science of Belarus, Nesalezhnasti Ave. 68, 220072, Minsk, Belarus

    R. Chulkov & V. Orlovich

  2. Engineering Physics, University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Bahnhofstr., 1, 15745, Wildau, Germany

    V. Lisinetskii & S. Schrader

  3. TU Berlin—Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Str.d.17.Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    O. Lux, H. Rhee & H. J. Eichler

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Chulkov, R., Lisinetskii, V., Lux, O. et al. Thermal aberrations and high power frequency conversion in a barium nitrate Raman laser. Appl. Phys. B 106, 867–875 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-012-4873-4

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