1.6 W continuous-wave Raman laser using low-loss synthetic diamond

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6938-6944

  Lubeigt, Walter ^a   Savitski, Vasili G ^a   Bonner, Gerald M ^a,b   Geoghegan, Sarah L ^c   Friel, Ian ^c   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)

^c ELEMENT SIX LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIAMONDS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

1064 NM; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; CONTINUOUS-WAVE RAMAN LASER; CW OPERATION; DIODE-LASER; INTRACAVITIES; LOW LOSS; OUTPUT POWER; RAMAN LASERS; SLOPE EFFICIENCIES;

PUMPING (LASER);

DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLID STATE LASER;

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

EID: 79953167898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.006938     Document Type: Article

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