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APPLIED OPTICS
Volume 52, Issue 4, Pages 698-705Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/AO.52.000698
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A detailed experimental study of dispersion and anisotropy of thermo-optic coefficients dn/dT and thermal coefficients of the optical path W = dn/dT + (n - 1)alpha is performed for tetragonal YVO4 and GdVO4 laser host crystals by a laser beam deviation method. It is supported by theoretical description of thermo-optic effects, taking into account the volumetric thermal expansion effect and the temperature dependence of electronic bandgap E-g. Linear thermal expansion coefficients a were also determined by a dilatometric technique. Thermo-optic dispersion formulas describing temperature variation of the refractive index and the thermal lens effect are derived for a wide spectral range of 0.4-2 mu m. It allows us to estimate the values of Eg and dEg/dT for the studied crystals. The influence of materials parameters and pumping conditions on thermal lens properties is discussed, revealing the significant impact of anisotropic and temperature-dependent thermal conductivity. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
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