took some images with the thermal imaging camera of the AOM installed in the PSL so far. The first three pictures show the AOM driven with 75MHz, 80MHz and 85MHz.

85MHz:

80MHz:

75MHz:

it is interesting that the hottest zone is at the end of the crystal, not where the pzt is mounted. It looks like the crystal is not proper mounted. Here a normal image for comparison...

so i took some pictures of a different AOM, but same model. Here are the pictures for different power levels @ 80MHz:

this looks normal...

*** Rana: I've replaced Frank's AOM picture with a zoomed in one. This circuit looks a little sloppy to me - why are the coils so loose?