Title :
Diode-pumped yellow ns-Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ and ps-KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ Raman lasers
Author :
Findeisen, J. ; Eichler, Hans Joachim ; Peuser, P.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Inst., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ and KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/ are well known candidates for efficient stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) to generate new wavelengths. In our contribution the Raman shifted wavelengths at 1198 nm, 1177 nm and 1159 nm of the main Nd:YAG laser transition were frequency doubled into the yellow spectral region which generally is difficult to reach with solid state lasers. The favourable /spl chi//sup (3)/-effects such as the reduction of pump pulse duration and beam quality improvement could be observed with a new transversally diode pumped Raman laser.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; barium compounds; gadolinium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; laser modes; laser transitions; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; /spl chi//sup (3)/-effects; 1159 nm; 1177 nm; 1198 nm; Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/; KGd(WO/sub 4/)/sub 2/; Nd:YAG laser transition; Raman lasers; Raman shifted wavelengths; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; beam quality; diode-pumped yellow laser; frequency double; pump pulse duration; solid state lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; transversally diode pumped Raman laser; yellow spectral region; Diodes; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833986
