Efficient conversion of Nd:YAG laser radiationto the eye-safe spectral region by stimulated Raman scatteringin BaWO{sub 4} crystal

Journal Article · Fri Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2010V040N08ABEH014376· OSTI ID:21471297

Basiev, Tasoltan T; Basieva, M N; Ivleva, Lyudmila I; Osiko, Vyacheslav V ^[1]; Gavrilov, A V; Ershkov, M N; Smetanin, Sergei N; Fedin, Aleksandr V ^[2]

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1. A M Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)
2. V.A. Degtyarev Kovrov State Technological Academy, Kovrov, Vladimir region (Russian Federation)

The possibility of increasing the efficiency of one-cascade 1.5-{mu}m SRS lasing in a BaWO{sub 4} crystal placed into an external SRS cavity and pumped by a nanosecond Nd:YAG laser at a wavelength of 1.34 {mu}m is studied. Conditions that prevent energy outflow to the second Stokes SRS component with a wavelength of 1.78 {mu}m are found, which allowed us to increase the efficiency of one-cascade intracavity SRS lasing at 1.53 {mu}m up to 60% and the slope efficiency up to the quantum limit ({approx}80% at the SRS pulse energy up to 20 mJ). The use of pumping by laser pulse trains provided the possibility of increasing the 1.53-{mu}m SRS radiation energy to 40 mJ in a three-pulse train. (nonlinear optical phenomena)

• OSTI ID: 21471297
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Vol. 40, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1070/QE2010v040n08ABEH014376; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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