Title :
157 nm anti-Stokes Raman laser pumped with the fifth-harmonics of the Nd:YAG laser
Author :
Wada, S. ; Tashiro, H.
Author_Institution :
RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrated the generation of 157 nm-light pulses with sub-mJ energy by anti-Stokes stimulated Raman scattering in hydrogen gas pumped with the fifth harmonics of the Nd:YAG laser. The light pulses of 157 nm wavelength generated by this method have the maximum energy ever reported to our knowledge.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gas lasers; hydrogen; laser transitions; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; 157 nm; 157 nm-light pulses; H/sub 2/; H/sub 2/ Raman gas laser; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; anti-Stokes Raman laser; anti-Stokes stimulated Raman scattering; fifth-harmonics; laser pumping; maximum energy; sub-mJ energy; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical scattering; Pulse generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission; Vacuum arcs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906850