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

Walter Lubeigt; Gerald Michael Bonner; Jennifer Hastie; Martin Dawson; David Burns; Alan Kemp

doi:10.1364/OE.18.016765

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

Walter Lubeigt, Gerald Michael Bonner, Jennifer Hastie, Martin Dawson, David Burns, Alan Kemp

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Abstract

Low birefringence synthetic single-crystal diamond was used as a Raman laser medium inside a Q-switched Nd:YVO4 laser. A maximum average output power of 375mW was achieved at a wavelength of 1240nm and a repetition rate of 6.3kHz. This equates to a conversion efficiency of 4% from the diode laser to the first Stokes component at 1240nm. Optical losses within the diamond (~1% per single pass) limited the performance and are currently the main barrier to the demonstration of an efficient CW diamond Raman laser.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16765-16770
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	18
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.016765
Publication status	Published - 23 Jul 2010

Keywords

Raman laser
solid-state laser
optical material
synthetic diamond

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