Multiwavelength highly transient stimulated Raman scattering on dual Raman modes in Sr(MoO)(WO) and Sr(MoO)(WO).

For the first time to our knowledge, multiwavelength, highly transient, single-pass stimulated Raman scattering with a low wavelength spacing on dual (stretching and bending) Raman modes in Sr(MoO)(WO) and Sr(MoO)(WO) solid solutions in a range of 1000-1300 nm (transparence window of biological tissue) under ultrafast chirped pulse laser pumping is comparatively investigated in the interests of multicolor two-photon imaging of a living tissue. For both the solid solutions, the optimum range (1-5 ps) of chirped pump pulse durations for multiwavelength Raman conversion on dual Raman modes was wider than for SrMoO (2-3 ps) due to the higher integral cross section of the bending Raman mode. Higher efficient SRS conversion took place at negative chirping of the pump pulse with its stretching from 0.

Laser induced damage threshold of GaSe with antireflection microstructures at a wavelength of 5 µm.

Large GaSe crystals were grown and various antireflection microstructures (ARMs) were fabricated on their cleaved surfaces using optimized femtosecond laser ablation, which provided the antireflection effect in a wide wavelength range of 4-16 µm. The influence of ARMs created on the GaSe surface on the change of the laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) of the crystal at a wavelength of 5 μm was evaluated. The 5-µm Fe:ZnMgSe laser with the pulse duration of 135 ns was used for the LIDT test in conditions close to single pulse exposure.

Highly transient stimulated Raman scattering in SrMoO under ultrafast laser pumping with a controllable chirp.

For the first time, to the best of our knowledge, we demonstrate highly transient, multiwavelength, single-pass Raman generation with combined frequency shifts on two Raman modes of an SrMoO crystal with high total Raman conversion efficiency of up to 48% in conditions of competition with self-phase modulation (SPM). A 58-mm-long SrMoO crystal was used as the active medium under pumping by the 1030-nm, 40-µJ laser pulses with controllable dispersive stretching in a range of 0.25-6 ps at negative and positive chirping.

Multiwavelength, picosecond, synchronously pumped, Pb(MoO)(WO) Raman laser oscillating at 12 wavelengths in a range of 1128-1360 nm.

In this Letter, a mixed ()() as a new, to the best of our knowledge, active medium with optimized content for a synchronously pumped multiwavelength Raman laser with a combined frequency shift is presented. The unique structure of this crystal resulted in oscillations at 12 closely spaced output wavelengths in a spectral range from 1128 to 1360 nm. The strongest pulse shortening in comparison with nominally pure scheelite-like crystals has been achieved.

Highly efficient, high-energy, picosecond, synchronously pumped Raman laser at 1171 and 1217 nm based on PbMoO crystals with single and combined Raman shifts.

For the first time to our knowledge, the operation of a synchronously pumped ultrafast Raman laser that uses a PbMoO crystal as the active medium has been demonstrated. We achieved efficient Raman conversion in PbMoO from pumping 1063 nm into 1171 and 1217 nm, respectively, at single and combined frequency shifts on stretching and bending Raman modes. The output pulse energy (up to 160 nJ) and peak power (up to 11 kW) of the output picosecond radiation is the highest among all-solid-state synchronously pumped Raman lasers published to date.

Highly efficient picosecond all-solid-state Raman laser at 1179 and 1227 nm on single and combined Raman lines in a BaWO crystal.

We present a highly efficient ring-cavity all-solid-state BaWO Raman laser generating at both the long-shift (ν=925  cm) and short-shift (ν=332  cm) Raman lines under external picosecond synchronous pumping at the wavelength of 1063 nm. Very high slope efficiencies and output pulse energies of 68.8% and 103 nJ at the ν-shifted Stokes wavelength of 1179 nm, and 38.