title: Enhancement of Stokes conversion by diode-laser injection in a para-H(2) Raman laser.
abstract: The injection effect of weak Stokes seed radiation is demonstrated in a para-H(2) Raman laser. Injected radiation from a PbSnTe diode laser as low as several microwatts resulted in an enhancement of 4 orders of magnitude in the output Stokes energy and a reduction in the pumping threshold energy of 22%. Characteristics of the injection are investigated as functions of the pumping energy, the Stokes seed frequency, and the polarization.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tashiro