Title :
Temporal coherence control of a Nd:YAG pumped Raman shifter
Author :
Palero, J.A. ; Garcia, W.O. ; Saloma, C.A.
Author_Institution :
Nalional Inst. of Phys., Univ. of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
Abstract :
We investigate the temporal coherence properties of a Nd:YAG pumped hydrogen Raman shifter and report the control of the temporal coherence length z/sub c/ with hydrogen pressure for different input pump energies.
Keywords :
coherence; hydrogen; optical pumping; optical wavelength conversion; stimulated Raman scattering; H/sub 2/; Nd:YAG pumped Raman shifter; Rayleigh peak; four wave mixing; hydrogen Raman shifter; inverse Fourier transform; spectral dynamics; stimulated Raman scattering; temporal coherence control; time-averaged optical spectra; Coherence; Frequency; Gas lasers; Hydrogen; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical interferometry; Optical scattering; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967764
