Research progress of nanosecond visible all-solid-state Raman lasers
Nanosecond pulsed visible laser is widely used in remote sensing,coherent radar system,precision machi-ning,laser cleaning,and liquid dye laser pumping and so on.All-solid-state laser is favored for its compact structure,small volume,low-cost,long life and so on.In recent years,nanosecond visible all-solid-state lasers have been develo-ping rapidly.In this paper,the state of the art of nanosecond pulsed visible solid-state lasers generated by second-order nonlinear frequency conversion of near-infrared light output from Nd3+,Yb3+and other rare-earth ion-doped crystals pumped by conventional laser diodes is briefly described.The technical characteristics of several nanosecond pulse visible all-solid-state Raman lasers with abundant outgoing wavelength bands are introduced from the perspective of nonlinear frequency conversion,focusing on Raman frequency shifting,Raman frequency mixing,and diamond Raman,with an overview of their performance characteristics and technical bottlenecks,and concluding with a summary and outlook.
Raman laserRaman frequency shiftRaman frequency mixingdiamond Raman