Laser and nonlinear-laser properties of undoped and Nd3+-doped orthorhombic Ca(NbO3)2 single crystals: New stimulated-emission performance and high-order picosecond stimulated Raman scattering covering more than two octave Stokes and anti-Stokes wavelengths

Laser Physics Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 821-832

  Kaminskii, A A ^a   Dong, J ^b   Eichler, H J ^c   Hanuza, J ^d,e   Ueda, K ^f   Maczka, M ^d   Rhee, H ^c   Bettinelli, M ^g  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

^e WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ca(NbO3)2 SRS active crystal; Ca(NbO3)2:Nd3+ laser crystal; Microchip solid state LD pumped laser; Stimulated emission; Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS); Stokes and anti Stokes comb generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350049256     PISSN: 16122011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lapl.200910078     Document Type: Article

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