EFFICIENT RAMAN CONVERSION THROUGH BACKWARD STIMULATED BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING

被引:7
作者
KONG, HJ [1 ]
JEON, YG [1 ]
KIM, JK [1 ]
机构
[1] KOREA ADV INST SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT PHYS,TAEJON 305701,SOUTH KOREA
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1995年 / 34卷 / 06期
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10.1364/AO.34.000993
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report a new scheme for efficient Raman conversion in high-pressure CH4 gas. Through the use of backward stimulated Brillouin scattering as a resonator mirror for the pump wave at a wavelength of 1.06 mu m, Raman laser generation at the eye-safe wavelength of 1.54 mu m has been obtained from a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. At a pressure of 600 psi, we obtained Raman conversion efficiencies of up to 48%.
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页码:993 / 995
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