A 1.88μm Ba(N3)2-based stimulated Raman scattering(SRS) laser pumped by a potassium-titanylphosphate-based optical parametric oscillator(OPO) laser is presented.Under the pumping energy of a130 mJ 1064 nm Q-swi...A 1.88μm Ba(N3)2-based stimulated Raman scattering(SRS) laser pumped by a potassium-titanylphosphate-based optical parametric oscillator(OPO) laser is presented.Under the pumping energy of a130 mJ 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser,a 40 mJ 1.57μm laser is achieved;the maximum output energy of the 1.88μm Raman laser reaches 7.5 mJ with a pulse duration of 5.3 ns at repetition rates of 10 Hz,and the corresponding total optical conversion efficiency is about 5.8%.The combination of the SRS and OPO techniques significantly extends the wavelength from 1.064 to 1.57μm(OPO) and then demonstrates Stokes-shifting to 1.88μm(SRS).展开更多
基金supported by the National Science Foundation of China(Nos.11127901 and 11134010)the Shanghai Sailing Program(No.15YF1413500)
文摘A 1.88μm Ba(N3)2-based stimulated Raman scattering(SRS) laser pumped by a potassium-titanylphosphate-based optical parametric oscillator(OPO) laser is presented.Under the pumping energy of a130 mJ 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser,a 40 mJ 1.57μm laser is achieved;the maximum output energy of the 1.88μm Raman laser reaches 7.5 mJ with a pulse duration of 5.3 ns at repetition rates of 10 Hz,and the corresponding total optical conversion efficiency is about 5.8%.The combination of the SRS and OPO techniques significantly extends the wavelength from 1.064 to 1.57μm(OPO) and then demonstrates Stokes-shifting to 1.88μm(SRS).