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We study stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in liquids (water and ethanol) embedded into photonic crystals (artificial opals) under excitation with 60 ps laser pulses at 532 nm. We observe a substantial decrease of the SRS threshold when the focused laser beam excites the crystals near their surface. The spatial distance between the beam center and the surface of the crystals is close to their nanoscale structure. The decrease in the SRS threshold is due to a substantial increase in the photonic-state density near the edges of the photonic crystal stop zones and the so-called Mie resonances in active media near the nanosized globules. This leads to a considerable increase in the local-electric-field intensity, causing the SRS threshold reduction. Such a method of reducing the SRS threshold opens up a way of creating new efficient laser sources based on photonic crystals and their use for different applications in nanotechnologies.
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Gorelik, V.S., Kudryavtseva, A.D., Tcherniega, N.V. et al. A method for reducing the stimulated Raman scattering threshold in liquids embedded into photonic crystals. J Russ Laser Res 34, 50–58 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-013-9323-1
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