Multimode pumped continuous-wave solid-state Raman laser.
We demonstrate the continuous-wave operation of a solid-state Raman laser containing a barium nitrate crystal as the Raman medium. The Raman laser, which has a singly resonant cavity, is pumped by multimode radiation. The Raman oscillation threshold is reached at approximately 2 W of pump power. As much as 500 kW/cm2 of Stokes power density at 60-kW/cm2 pump power density is obtained in the cavity.
Grabtchikov
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B I Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk 220072, Belarus. asg@dragon.bas-net.by
Lisinetskii
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Orlovich
V A
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Schmitt
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Maksimenka
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Kiefer
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