Pulse Compression By Raman Induced Cavity Dumping

F. de Rougemont; Ding Kong Xian; R. Frey; F. Pradere

doi:10.1117/12.943662

27 March 1985 Pulse Compression By Raman Induced Cavity Dumping

F. de Rougemont, Ding Kong Xian, R. Frey, F. Pradere

Proceedings Volume 0492, 1984 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems, and Applications; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943662
Event: 1984 European Conference on Optics, Optical Systems and Applications, 1984, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

High efficiency pulse compression using Raman induced cavity dumping has been studied theoretically and experimentally. Through stimulated Raman scattering the electromagnetic energy at a primary frequency is down-converted and extracted from a storage cavity containing the Raman medium. Energy storage may be achieved either at the laser frequency by using a laser medium inside the storage cavity, or performed at a new frequency obtained through an intracavity nonlinear process. The storage cavity may be dumped passively through stimulated Raman scattering either in an oscillator or in an amplifier. All these cases have been studied by using a ruby laser as the pump source and compressed hydrogen as the Raman scatter. Results differ slightly accordingly to the technique used, but pulse shortenings higher than 10 and quantum efficiencies higher than 80 % were obtained. This method could also be used with large power lasers of any wavelength from the ultraviolet to the farinfrared spectral region.

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F. de Rougemont, Ding Kong Xian, R. Frey, and F. Pradere "Pulse Compression By Raman Induced Cavity Dumping", Proc. SPIE 0492, 1984 European Conf on Optics, Optical Systems, and Applications, (27 March 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943662

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