Stimulated Raman-scattering-based lasers provide an effective way to achieve wavelength
conversion. However, thermally induced beam degradation is a notorious obstacle to power …

Laser gain materials possessing high thermal conductivity and robust mechanical properties
are key prerequisites for high power lasers. We show that diamond, when configured as a …

We report a second Stokes diamond Raman laser at 1.49 μm capable of high power and
large-scale-factor brightness enhancement. Using a quasi-continuous 1.06 μm pump of …

Diamond crystals have garnered significant attention for applications in photonics, owing to
their characteristics of ultra-high thermal conductivity, extremely broad spectral transmission …

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) diamond crystal is considered as an ideal material
platform for Raman lasers with both high power and good beam quality due to its excellent …

High-power ns-pulsed lasers have been widely used in many significant applications,
including laser radar, remote-sensing, biomedicine, industrial process, and military defense …

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction and Background Optical, Thermal, and
Physical Properties of Diamond Diamond Raman Laser Development Extending the …

Quasi-cw pumping is used to investigate the high-power characteristics of cw beam
conversion in diamond Raman lasers (DRLs). We show that thermal gradients establish in …

We report continuous-wave beam conversion from 1.06 to 1.49 µm in a diamond Raman
laser operating on the second Stokes shift. High power (114 W) and high conversion …

We report a pulsed Raman laser at 1193nm based on synthetic diamond crystals with a
record output power of 24.5 W and a slope efficiency of 57%. We compared the performance …