Title :
Threshold measurements of a non-resonant continuous wave Raman laser in H/sub 2/
Author :
Roos, Peter A ; Brasseur, J.K. ; Repasky, K.S. ; Carlsten
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. High finesse cavities have recently been used to produce an optically pumped, non-resonant cw Raman laser at 683 nm (Stokes) with a threshold of less than 5 mW pump power. However, these measurements were limited to pump rates of greater than 4 to 5 times threshold. We report data for output power and photon conversion efficiency as functions of pump power near threshold and compared to theory previously developed for a similar system. A threshold measurement of 3.2/spl plusmn/0.4 mW optical pump power and photon conversion efficiency as high as 40% are demonstrated.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gas lasers; hydrogen; optical pumping; 2.8 to 3.6 mW; 40 percent; 683 nm; H/sub 2/; high finesse cavities; nonresonant continuous wave Raman laser; optical pump power; output power; photon conversion efficiency; pump rates; threshold measurements; Conducting materials; Crystalline materials; Dielectric materials; Lenses; Materials testing; Optical materials; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Plasma materials processing; Shock waves;
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.1999.834253
