20-Hz operation of an eye-safe cascade Raman laser with a Ba(NO3)2 crystal

N. Takei; S. Suzuki; F. Kannari

doi:10.1007/s003400200832

20-Hz operation of an eye-safe cascade Raman laser with a Ba(NO₃)₂ crystal

N. Takei, S. Suzuki, F. Kannari

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Operation of a 1.598-μm eye-safe third-Stokes Raman laser with a Ba(NO₃)₂ crystal pumped by a 1.064-μm Nd:YAG laser is described. We observed a substantial decrease in the output energy during the first 50 s of the continuous operation at 20 Hz. The energy drop is ∼ 76% of the initial third-Stokes output. We confirmed negative thermal lensing and thermally induced birefringence in the crystal. With a concave cavity mirror at a matched curvature to the thermal lensing, we obtained an output energy of 11 mJ at 20 Hz. TEM₀₀ output was also obtained with a smaller pump-beam diameter with a highest conversion efficiency of 15.5% for a pumping power of only 45 MW/cm² (0.9 J/cm²).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	521-527
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
Volume	74
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400200832
Publication status	Published - 2002 Apr 1

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