title: Short pulse eye-safe laser with a stimulated Raman scattering self-conversion based on a Nd:KGW crystal.
abstract: We present the results of a solid self-Raman laser based on a Nd:KGW crystal that is transversely pumped by laser diode bars. A beam of an eye-safe laser with a 31.8 mJ output energy and a 2.0 ns pulse width was obtained by applying a special s-polarized reflective resonator configuration in which the length of the Raman resonator was shorter than that of the fundamental radiation resonator. The eye-safe laser has the highest output energy and the shortest pulse width among the Nd:KGW lasers ever reported.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
authors.forename: Huang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jianhong
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jipeng
authors.forename: Su
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rongbing
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jinghui
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Canhua
authors.forename: Shi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zongzhi
authors.forename: Zhuang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jian
authors.forename: Zeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wenrong
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wenxiong