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A broadly tunable IR waveguide Raman laser pumped by a dye laser

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Design and performance characteristics of a tunable ir waveguide Raman laser pumped by a high power dye laser are described. Using SRS up to third Stokes order in compressed H2, the wavelength range from 0.7 to 7 μm has been covered without gaps. Taking advantage of a waveguide structure in the scattering chamber, energy conversion efficiencies better than 1% with power levels in excess of 80 kW for the third Stokes component have been achieved. The experimental results support the theoretical predictions that a 4-wave parametric process is responsible for the production of the third Stokes component.

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Hartig, W., Schmidt, W. A broadly tunable IR waveguide Raman laser pumped by a dye laser. Appl. Phys. 18, 235–241 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00885508

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