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Operation of a 1.598-μm eye-safe third-Stokes Raman laser with a Ba(NO3)2 crystal pumped by a 1.064-μm Nd:YAG laser is described. We observed a substantial decrease in the output energy during the first 50 s of the continuous operation at 20 Hz. The energy drop is ∼76% of the initial third-Stokes output. We confirmed negative thermal lensing and thermally induced birefringence in the crystal. With a concave cavity mirror at a matched curvature to the thermal lensing, we obtained an output energy of 11 mJ at 20 Hz. TEM00 output was also obtained with a smaller pump-beam diameter with a highest conversion efficiency of 15.5% for a pumping power of only 45 MW/cm2 (0.9 J/cm2).
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Received: 20 November 2001 / Revised version: 20 February 2002 / Published online: 2 May 2002
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Takei, N., Suzuki, S. & Kannari, F. 20-Hz operation of an eye-safe cascade Raman laser with a Ba(NO3)2 crystal. Appl Phys B 74, 521–527 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400200832
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400200832