Title :
Light amplification in a disordered Raman medium
Author :
Perkins, A.E. ; Lawandy, N.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Brown Univ., Providence, RI, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given.We present the results of a series of experiments on stimulated Raman amplification of a probe beam in a sized Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ powder in the presence of a pump beam. A frequency-doubled, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was used as the pump beam.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; barium compounds; optical pumping; powders; solid lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; stimulated emission; Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; disordered Raman medium; frequency-doubled Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; light amplification; probe beam; pump beam; sized Ba(NO/sub 3/)/sub 2/ powder; solid lasers; stimulated Raman amplification; Absorption; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Physics; Powders; Probes; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-541-2
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC.1998.680497
