Properties of stimulated Raman scattering in crystals

Growth and characterization of large SrMoO4 crystals

“…In the past few years, the use of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) to shift the wavelength of laser emission is becoming increasingly widespread [1][2][3][4]. Solid-state crystals suitable for stimulated Raman scattering are attractive for continuous-wave and high-peak power SRS lasers [5][6][7].…”

Bis(Guanidinium) Zirconium bis(Nitrilotriacetate) Hydrate, [C(NH2)3]2Zr[N(CH2COO)3]2 � H2O - A New Crystal for Raman Laser Converters

“…In the early days, most of the SRS applications including the development of Raman lasers and amplifiers were carried out using long cells with c (3) active gases showing a low Raman gain. The experimental situation changed during the last two decades after discovering efficient SRS effects in several new inorganic crystals with different structure, which provided much higher Raman gains over short path lengths (see, for example, review articles [7][8][9][10] and references their). It is important to find solids that can give efficient frequency c (3) -conversion by just using an active length of several millimeters, where the converted energy is only in the first Stokes lasing.…”

Molecular Inorganic, Organic Crystalline, and Glassy Materials for Raman Laser Converters

“…[1±3] In the last few years, solid-state SRS science and technology were becoming more widespread. [4,5] Growth in the activity has been made possible by the discovery of several new SRS active crystals (examples, see the literature [6±10] ), including a successful application given by nano-and picosecond Raman lasers generating specific and otherwise hard to reach wavelengths in a wide spectral range, covering also the eye-safe area. [11±16] Among other technological applications of new Raman lasers, remote sensing of the atmosphere is of great interest, which typically requires high peak-power laser pulses at wavelengths that are difficult to produce by other all-solid-state laser systems.…”

“…[d] Due to strong optical anisotropy of most of these crystals, only the highest values of a the Raman gain coefficients for the first generation under one-micrometer Nd 3+ :Y 3 Al 5 O 12 laser pumping are listed. Most of these data are from[1,4,5,9,64,65]. [e] Data were obtained under excitation by the SHG of a Nd 3+ :Y 3 Al 5 O 12 laser at 0.532 lm wavelength[37].…”