@article{2dacca4a3f1f41ad9a93dda5d1ed5512,
title = "Measurement of thermal lensing in a CW BaWO4 intracavity Raman laser",
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 caxis. The implications of this thermal lens for Raman laser design are discussed.",
author = "Bonner, {Gerald M.} and Pask, {Helen M.} and Lee, {Andrew J.} and Kemp, {Alan J.} and Jiyang Wang and Huaijin Zhang and Takashige Omatsu",
note = "This paper was published in Optics Express and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: [http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?uri=oe-20-9-9810]. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.",
year = "2012",
month = apr,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1364/OE.20.009810",
language = "English",
volume = "20",
pages = "9810--9818",
journal = "Optics Express",
issn = "1094-4087",
publisher = "OPTICAL SOC AMER",
number = "9",
}