• DocumentCode
    2681106
  • Title

    Stimulated Raman scattering in counterpropagating pump beams - threshold decrease and pulse compression

  • Author

    Kulagin, O.V. ; Kotov, A.K. ; Pasmanik, G.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    15-19 Dec. 2003
  • Abstract
    We investigated both theoretically and experimentally stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) counterpropagating focused laser pump beams. The pulse compression from 3.3 ns to 25 ps was obtained by SRS in Ba(NO3)2. Also the SRS threshold decrease up to 3-4 times was achieved.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; laser beams; optical focusing; optical materials; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; 3.3 ns to 25 ps; Ba(NO3)2; SRS threshold; counterpropagating pump beams; focused laser pump beams; pulse compression; stimulated Raman scattering; Equations; Laser excitation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7766-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277025
  • Filename
    1277025