An intra-cavity Raman laser using synthetic single-crystal diamond

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 16765-16770

  Lubeigt, Walter ^a   Bonner, Gerald M ^a,b   Hastie, Jennifer E ^a   Dawson, Martin D ^a   Burns, David ^a   Kemp, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIAMONDS; PUMPING (LASER);

DIODE LASERS; INTRACAVITIES; LOW BIREFRINGENCE; OUTPUT POWER; Q-SWITCHED; RAMAN LASERS; REPETITION RATE; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND; SINGLE PASS; STOKES COMPONENT;

SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

DIAMOND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955638300     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.016765     Document Type: Article

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