DocumentCode
376535
Title
Stimulated forward Raman amplifier with mixed gas medium
Author
Matsumoto, Y. ; Takahashi, E. ; Kuwahara, K. ; Okuda, I. ; Matsushima, I. ; Owadano, Y.
Author_Institution
Electrotechnical Lab., AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
15-19 July 2001
Abstract
We present a new method for saturated Raman amplification of short Stokes pulse. By using mixed gas medium of CH/sub 4//H/sub 2/, high power Stokes of 3 ns was obtained with a power conversion efficiency of 65%.
Keywords
Raman lasers; gas lasers; gas mixtures; hydrogen; organic compounds; stimulated Raman scattering; H/sub 2/; gas pressure dependence; high power; methane-H/sub 2/ mixture; mixed gas medium; pump waveforms; saturated Raman amplification; self-generated Stokes; short Stokes pulse; stimulated forward Raman amplifier; Gas lasers; Hydrogen; Laser fusion; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970855
Filename
970855
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