title: Ti:sapphire-pumped diamond Raman laser with sub-100-fs pulse duration.
abstract: We report a synchronously pumped femtosecond diamond Raman laser operating at 895 nm with a 33% slope efficiency. Pumped using a mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser at 800 nm with a duration of 170 fs, the bandwidth of the Stokes output is broadened and chirped to enable subsequent pulse compression to 95 fs using a prism pair. Modeling results indicate that self-phase modulation drives the broadening of the Stokes spectrum in this highly transient laser. Our results demonstrate the potential for Raman conversion to extend the wavelength coverage and pulse shorten Ti:sapphire lasers.
authors: Michelle
authors: M
authors: Murtagh
authors: Jipeng
authors: J
authors: Lin
authors: Richard P
authors: RP
authors: Mildren
authors: David J
authors: DJ
authors: Spence
mesh_terms: D000537:Aluminum Oxide / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008027:Light; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide