title: Multimode pumped continuous-wave solid-state Raman laser.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: B I Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk 220072, Belarus. asg@dragon.bas-net.by
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Grabtchikov
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Lisinetskii
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Orlovich
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maksimenka
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kiefer