High conversion efficiency diode-pumped CW Raman laser

Author

Meng, L.S. ; Roos, P.A. ; Carlsten, J.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

226

Abstract

Summary form only given. The nonresonant CW Raman laser utilizing high-finesse cavity (HFC) enhancement is a recent development for laser frequency down-conversion. Several different experiments have been demonstrated using H/sub 2/ gas as the Raman gain medium. In all these demonstrated systems, the front and back mirrors in the HFCs were identical, resulting in an impedance-matched cavity only below threshold. Consequently photon conversion efficiencies for these systems did not exceed 35%.

Keywords

Raman lasers; gas lasers; hydrogen; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; 35 percent; CW Raman laser; H/sub 2/; Raman gain medium; active cavity; back mirrors; front mirrors; high conversion efficiency diode-pumped CW Raman laser; high-finesse cavity enhancement; laser frequency down-conversion; nonresonant CW Raman laser; photon conversion efficiencies; Diode lasers; Frequency; Gas lasers; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Impedance; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947736

Filename

947736