Title :
Stimulated forward Raman amplifier with mixed gas medium
Author :
Matsumoto, Y. ; Takahashi, E. ; Kuwahara, K. ; Okuda, I. ; Matsushima, I. ; Owadano, Y.
Author_Institution :
Electrotechnical Lab., AIST, Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We present a new method for saturated Raman amplification of short Stokes pulse. By using mixed gas medium of CH/sub 4//H/sub 2/, high power Stokes of 3 ns was obtained with a power conversion efficiency of 65%.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gas lasers; gas mixtures; hydrogen; organic compounds; stimulated Raman scattering; H/sub 2/; gas pressure dependence; high power; methane-H/sub 2/ mixture; mixed gas medium; pump waveforms; saturated Raman amplification; self-generated Stokes; short Stokes pulse; stimulated forward Raman amplifier; Gas lasers; Hydrogen; Laser fusion; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chiba, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6738-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.970855
