TY  - JOUR
AU  - Riedel, Robert
AU  - Rothhardt, J.
AU  - Beil, K.
AU  - Gronloh, B.
AU  - Klenke, A.
AU  - Höppner, H.
AU  - Schulz, M.
AU  - Teubner, U.
AU  - Kraenkel, Christian
AU  - Limpert, J.
AU  - Tünnermann, A.
AU  - Prandolini, Mark
AU  - Tavella, F.
TI  - Thermal Properties of Borate Crystals for High Power Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplification
JO  - Optics express
VL  - 22
IS  - 15
SN  - 1094-4087
CY  - Washington, DC
PB  - Soc.
M1  - PUBDB-2015-01176
SP  - 17607 - 17619
PY  - 2014
N1  - OA
AB  - The potential of borate crystals, BBO, LBO and BiBO, for high average power scaling of optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifiers is investigated. Up-to-date measurements of the absorption coefficients at 515 nm and the thermal conductivities are presented. The measured absorption coefficients are a factor of 10–100 lower than reported by the literature for BBO and LBO. For BBO, a large variation of the absorption coefficients was found between crystals from different manufacturers. The linear and nonlinear absorption coefficients at 515 nm as well as thermal conductivities were determined for the first time for BiBO. Further, different crystal cooling methods are presented. In addition, the limits to power scaling of OPCPAs are discussed.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000340685600002
C6  - pmid:25089381
DO  - DOI:10.1364/OE.22.017607
UR  - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/207192
ER  -