Simultaneous brightness enhancement and wavelength conversion to the eye-safe region in a high-power diamond Raman laser

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  McKay, Aaron ^a   Kitzler, Ondrej ^a   Mildren, Richard P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brightness conversion; Diamond; Eye safe; High power lasers; Raman laser

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIAMONDS; HIGH POWER LASERS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; PUMPING (LASER);

EXTERNAL CAVITY; EYE-SAFE; EYE-SAFE SPECTRAL REGIONS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; RAMAN LASERS; STOKES WAVELENGTH;

LUMINANCE;

EID: 84899993827     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201400012     Document Type: Letter

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