Title :
Stimulated Raman scattering in counterpropagating pump beams - threshold decrease and pulse compression
Author :
Kulagin, O.V. ; Kotov, A.K. ; Pasmanik, G.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract :
We investigated both theoretically and experimentally stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) counterpropagating focused laser pump beams. The pulse compression from 3.3 ns to 25 ps was obtained by SRS in Ba(NO3)2. Also the SRS threshold decrease up to 3-4 times was achieved.
Keywords :
barium compounds; laser beams; optical focusing; optical materials; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; stimulated Raman scattering; 3.3 ns to 25 ps; Ba(NO3)2; SRS threshold; counterpropagating pump beams; focused laser pump beams; pulse compression; stimulated Raman scattering; Equations; Laser excitation; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277025