PULSED KGd(WO4)2 RAMAN LASER: TOWARDS EMISSION LINEWIDTH NARROWING
Abstract
The linewidth of a KGd(WO4)2 pulsed Raman laser is analysed experimentally for different configurations of the Raman and pump resonators: with narrow and broadband pump emission profiles, with and without linewidth narrowing elements in the Raman laser resonator, with and without injection seeding into the Raman cavity. The benefits of a narrow linewidth pump source in combination with linewidth narrowing elements in the Raman laser cavity for the efficient linewidth narrowing of the Raman emission are explained. 20 kW peak-power pulses at 1156 nm with 0,43 cm -1 emission linewidth are demonstrated from an injection seeded KGW Raman laser.
About the Author
V. G. Savitski
Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Savitski V.G. PULSED KGd(WO4)2 RAMAN LASER: TOWARDS EMISSION LINEWIDTH NARROWING. Devices and Methods of Measurements. 2015;6(1):18-25.
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