title: Multi-wavelength, all-solid-state, continuous wave mode locked picosecond Raman laser.
abstract: We demonstrate the operation of a cascaded continuous wave (CW) mode-locked Raman oscillator. The output pulses were compressed from 28 ps at 532 nm down to 6.5 ps at 559 nm (first Stokes) and 5.5 ps at 589 nm (second Stokes). The maximum output was 2.5 W at 559 nm and 1.4 W at 589 nm with slope efficiencies up to 52%. This technique allows simple and efficient generation of short-pulse radiation to the cascaded Stokes wavelengths, extending the mode-locked operation of Raman lasers to a wider range of visible wavelengths between 500 - 650 nm based on standard inexpensive picosecond Nd:YAG oscillators.
authors.affiliation: MQ Photonics Research Centre, Department of Physics and Engineering, Macquarie University, 2109 New South Wales, Australia. granados@ics.mq.edu.au
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Granados
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pask
authors.forename: Elric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Spence