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30 April 2019 Efficient synchronously-pumped all-solid-state SrWO4 Raman laser at 1178 and 1227 nm on single and combined Raman modes with 26-fold pulse shortening down to 1.4 ps
Milan Frank, Sergei N. Smetanin, Michal Jelínek, David Vyhlídal, Vladislav E. Shukshin, Lyudmila I. Ivleva, Petr G. Zverev, Václav Kubeček
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In this paper, the characteristics of synchronously pumped picosecond Raman laser based on the 36 mm long SrWO4 crystal at the shifts of ν1 = 921 cm–1 and ν2 = 336 cm–1 under 36-ps extracavity pumping are presented. The first Stokes at the wavelength of 1178 nm, corresponding to the Raman shift of ν1, with the slope efficiency of 45.1%, output energy of up to 40 nJ, and pulse duration of 33 ps, respectively, was achieved for the output coupler reflectivity of 89%. In the case of setup with the higher cavity Q-factor at 1178 nm, we obtained not only usual ν1- shifted Raman radiation at 1178 nm, but also the unusual line at the wavelength of 1227 nm (ν1 + ν2). This additional line was achieved with the slope efficiency of 18.1 % and the output energy of 15 nJ with the output coupler reflectivity of 96.5% at 1227 nm. Strong pulse shortening from 36 ps down to 1.4 ps at the wavelength of 1227 nm was observed at +50 μm positive detuning of the external cavity length. This value is close to the inverse value of the ν2 line.
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Milan Frank, Sergei N. Smetanin, Michal Jelínek, David Vyhlídal, Vladislav E. Shukshin, Lyudmila I. Ivleva, Petr G. Zverev, and Václav Kubeček "Efficient synchronously-pumped all-solid-state SrWO4 Raman laser at 1178 and 1227 nm on single and combined Raman modes with 26-fold pulse shortening down to 1.4 ps", Proc. SPIE 11026, Nonlinear Optics and Applications XI, 1102618 (30 April 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2520932
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KEYWORDS
Picosecond phenomena

Crystals

Output couplers

Pulsed laser operation

Mirrors

Reflectivity

Laser crystals

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