抄録
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).
| 本文言語 | English |
|---|---|
| ページ（範囲） | 521-527 |
| ページ数 | 7 |
| ジャーナル | Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics |
| 巻 | 74 |
| 号 | 6 |
| DOI | |
| 出版ステータス | Published - 2002 4 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)