Side-pumped crystalline Raman laser.

@article{Mildren2011SidepumpedCR,
  title={Side-pumped crystalline Raman laser.},
  author={Richard P. Mildren},
  journal={Optics letters},
  year={2011},
  volume={36 2},
  pages={
          235-7
        }
}
  • R. Mildren
  • Published 15 January 2011
  • Chemistry, Physics
  • Optics letters
A crystalline Raman laser is pumped at 90° to the Raman laser axis by a single pass from a line-focused 532 nm pump laser of pulse duration 10 ns. The Raman laser threshold was 6.1 mJ, and at 12 mJ pump energy, a maximum output energy of 2.7 mJ was obtained with a slope efficiency of 46%. The threshold pump intensity is within a factor of 2 of the same device when end-pumped. The results highlight significant potential for coherent beam conversion and combination with enhanced degrees of… 
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