Doping of an absorbent into a Raman crystal for suppression of higher-order Stokes generation

Authors
Urata, Y Wade, S Tashiro, H Fukuda, T
Citation
Y. Urata et al., Doping of an absorbent into a Raman crystal for suppression of higher-order Stokes generation, OPTICS LETT, 25(10), 2000, pp. 752-754
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
10
Year of publication
2000
Pages
752 - 754
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20000515)25:10<752:DOAAIA>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A Raman-active crystal, lanthanum tungstate doped with praseodymium (Pr) io ns, was grown to facilitate the selection of the order of Stokes waves in s timulated Raman scattering. Absorption of the second Stokes wave by the Pr ions suppressed conversion to higher-order Stokes waves, resulting in effic ient energy conversion to the first Stokes wave. (C) 2000 Optical Society o f America.