High-efficiency continuous-wave Raman laser pumped by an injection-locked broad-area diode laser

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 390-393

  Meng, Lei S ^a   Roos, Peter A ^b   Carlsten, John L ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous wave (CW); Frequency conversion; High finesse cavity; Injection locked oscillator; Raman lasers; Semiconductor lasers

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; INJECTION LASERS; LASER MODE LOCKING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); RAMAN SCATTERING;

INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATOR; RAMAN LASERS; STOKES POWER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942456591     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.825211     Document Type: Article

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