Raman shifter optimized for lidar at a 1.5 $\μ$m wavelength TeX Export

@article{Spuler:07, abstract = {A Raman shifter is optimized for generating high-energy laser pulses at a 1.54 μm wavelength. A forward-scattering design is described, including details of the multiple pass and nonfocused optical design, Stokes injection seeding, and internal gas recirculation. First-Stokes conversion efficiencies up to 43\%--equivalent to 62\% photon conversion efficiency--were measured. Experimental results show output average power in excess of 17.5 W, pulse energies of 350 mJ at 50 Hz, with good beam quality (M2<6). Narrow bandwidth and tunable output is produced when pumping with a single longitudinal mode Nd:YAG laser and seeding the process with a Stokes wavelength narrowband laser diode.}, author = {Spuler, Scott M. and Mayor, Shane D.}, citeulike-article-id = {3485464}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-15-2990}, journal = {Appl. Opt.}, keywords = {aerosol, air, detection, lasers, lidar, monitoring, pollution, raman}, number = {15}, pages = {2990--2995}, posted-at = {2008-11-06 18:14:23}, priority = {2}, publisher = {OSA}, title = {Raman shifter optimized for lidar at a 1.5 \$\μ\$m wavelength}, url = {http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-15-2990}, volume = {46}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - Spuler:07 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3485464 N2 - A Raman shifter is optimized for generating high-energy laser pulses at a 1.54 μm wavelength. A forward-scattering design is described, including details of the multiple pass and nonfocused optical design, Stokes injection seeding, and internal gas recirculation. First-Stokes conversion efficiencies up to 43%--equivalent to 62% photon conversion efficiency--were measured. Experimental results show output average power in excess of 17.5 W, pulse energies of 350 mJ at 50 Hz, with good beam quality (M2<6). Narrow bandwidth and tunable output is produced when pumping with a single longitudinal mode Nd:YAG laser and seeding the process with a Stokes wavelength narrowband laser diode. IS - 15 JF - Appl. Opt. EP - 2995 TI - Raman shifter optimized for lidar at a 1.5 $\μ$m wavelength PB - OSA VL - 46 SP - 2990 KW - aerosol KW - air KW - detection KW - lasers KW - lidar KW - monitoring KW - pollution KW - raman AU - Spuler, Scott AU - Mayor, Shane PY - 2007/// UR - http://ao.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-15-2990 ER -