title: Demonstration of high self-Raman laser performance of a diode-pumped SrMoO4:Nd3+ crystal.
abstract: Passively Q-switched self-Raman laser oscillations in the SrMoO4:Nd3+ crystal optically pumped by a laser diode (LD) at 804 nm are demonstrated for the first time to our knowledge. Output parameters of LD-pumped SrMoO4:Nd3+ laser were investigated in free-running, passively Q-switched, and self-Raman regimes of laser operation, over a wide range of pulse repetition rates (8.5-85 kHz). A pulse energy of 21 microJ was measured in the self-Raman regime at 1163 nm (first Stokes) wavelength, which is 6 times higher than that for the GdVO4:Nd3+ self-Raman laser of similar design.
authors.affiliation: Laser Materials and Technology Research Center, General Physics Institute of RAS, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Tasoltan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Basiev
authors.forename: Maxim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Doroshenko
authors.forename: Lyudmila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ivleva
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Voronina
authors.forename: Vasily
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Konjushkin
authors.forename: Vjatcheslav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Osiko
authors.forename: Sergey
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasilyev