High-efficiency joule-level Raman generation in Pb vapor.
We have obtained nearly 1 J of blue-green radiation in 60-nsec pulses by Raman shifting an injection-locked XeCl laser in Pb vapor. The measured 50% Raman energy conversion has been observed in both oscillator and oscillator-amplifier experiments. These results indicate that an XeCl/Pb blue-green laser efficiency of >1.4% should be possible.
Brosnan
S J
SJ
Komine
H
H
Stappaerts
E A
EA
Plummer
M J
MJ
West
J B
JB