SRS in the strong-focusing regime for Raman amplifiers

Aaron McKay; Richard P. Mildren; David W. Coutts; David J. Spence

doi:10.1364/OE.23.015012

SRS in the strong-focusing regime for Raman amplifiers

Aaron McKay, Richard P. Mildren, David W. Coutts, David J. Spence

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Abstract

The theoretical analysis of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in crystalline amplifiers with a tightly-focused pump geometry is presented. We predict the minimum Stokes seed power required for an efficient Raman power amplifier and verify this result experimentally. Conversion of a pump to a Stokes beam in a single-pass diamond amplifier is demonstrated using nanosecond pulses with gains of 5.8 from a 1.2-kW peak-power Stokes seed beam. The results demonstrate the possibility of amplifying and combining high-power continuous-wave lasers using current diamond Raman laser technology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15012-15020
Number of pages	9
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	23
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.015012
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2015

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