High average power diamond Raman laser

被引:89
作者
Feve, Jean-Philippe M. [1 ]
Shortoff, Kevin E. [1 ]
Bohn, Matthew J. [1 ]
Brasseur, Jason K. [1 ]
机构
[1] Directed Energy Solut, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 USA
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2011年 / 19卷 / 02期
关键词
SINGLE-CRYSTAL DIAMOND; YB-YAG LASER; REFRACTIVE-INDEX; CVD-DIAMOND; SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE; NM;
D O I
10.1364/OE.19.000913
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report a pulsed Raman laser at 1193nm based on synthetic diamond crystals with a record output power of 24.5 W and a slope efficiency of 57%. We compared the performance of an anti-reflection coated crystal at normal incidence with a Brewster cut sample. Raman oscillation was achieved at both room temperature and under cryogenic operation at 77 K. Modeling of these experiments allowed us to confirm the value of Raman gain coefficient of diamond, which was found to be 13.5 +/- 2.0 cm/GW for a pump wavelength of 1030 nm. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码:913 / 922
页数:10
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