Stimulated Raman scattering and cascaded nonlinear laser (x(3) ↔ x(2)) effects in tetragonal non-centrosymmetric Li2B4O7 single crystals

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 519-530

  Kaminskii, A A ^a   Bohaty L ^b   Becker, P ^b   Liebertz, J ^b   Eichler, H J ^c   Rhee, H ^c  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Li2B4O7; Lithium tetraborate; Nonlinear laser cascading; Raman borate crystal; Raman laser converter; SHG; Stimulated Raman scattering; Stokes and anti Stokes generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247150451     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200610053     Document Type: Article

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