Monolithic diamond Raman laser

Reilly, Sean and Savitski, Vasili G. and Liu, Hangyu and Gu, Erdan and Dawson, Martin D. and Kemp, Alan J. (2015) Monolithic diamond Raman laser. Optics Letters, 40 (6). pp. 930-933. ISSN 0146-9592 (https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.000930)

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Abstract

A monolithic diamond Raman laser is reported. It utilizes a 13mm radius of curvature lens etched onto the diamond surface and dielectric mirror coatings to form a stable resonator. The performance is compared to that of a monolithic diamond Raman laser operating in a plane-plane cavity. On pumping with a compact Q-switched laser at 532nm (16μJ pulse energy; 1.5ns pulse duration; 10kHz repetition-rate; M2 <1.5), laser action was observed at the first, second and third Stokes wavelengths (573nm, 620nm and 676nm respectively) in both cases. For the microlens cavity, a conversion efficiency of 84% was achieved from the pump to the total output power, with a slope efficiency of 88%. This compares to a conversion efficiency of 59%, and a slope efficiency of 74% for the plane-plane case. Total Raman output powers of 134mW and 96mW were achieved for the micro-lens and plane-plane cavities respectively.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:51982
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    15 March 2015
    Published
    28 January 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This paper was published in Optics Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.000930. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
    Subjects:Science > Physics > Optics. Light
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics
    Technology and Innovation Centre > Photonics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:27 Feb 2015 14:19
    Last modified:18 Apr 2024 00:16
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/51982
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