Published December 1, 2011 | Version v1
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Many-phonon stimulated Raman scattering and related cascaded and cross-cascaded χ(3)-nonlinear optical effects in melilite-type crystal Ca2ZnSi2O7

Creators

  • 1. Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119333 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623 Berlin (Germany)
  • 3. Institute of Crystallography, University of Cologne, 50939 Cologne (Germany)
  • 4. Institute for Laser Science, University of Electro-Communications, 182-8585 Tokyo (Japan)
  • 5. Fiber Optical Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119333 (Russian Federation)
  • 6. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław 50950 (Poland)
  • 7. Department of Electronics Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005 (China)
  • 8. Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119333 (Russian Federation)

Description

Different nonlinear optical interactions in a novel SRS-active non-centrosymmetric tetragonal crystal Ca2ZnSi2O7 were investigated at room and cryogenic (≈ 9 K) temperature under picosecond laser pumping. In addition to measuring octave-spanning Stokes and anti-Stokes combs we observed several cascaded and cross-cascaded χ(3) ↔ χ(3) effects involving several SRS-active phonons. All recorded Raman-induced lasing lines in the visible and near-IR range are identified and attributed to the SRS-promoting vibration transitions. A brief review of SRS- and Nd3+-doped laser-active melilite-type crystals is given as well

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lapl.201110073

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1002/lapl.201110073;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Laser physics letters (Internet)
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 859-874
ISSN
1612-202X

INIS

Country of Publication
Russian Federation
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
46020182
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALS; DOPED MATERIALS; NEAR INFRARED RADIATION; NEODYMIUM IONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICS; PHONONS; RAMAN EFFECT; ZINC SILICATES
Descriptors DEC
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFRARED RADIATION; IONS; MATERIALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PUMPING; QUASI PARTICLES; RADIATIONS; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS