Tunable indium UV anti-Stokes Raman laser
US4628513A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 1985 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/1086
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An anti-Stokes Raman laser is disclosed which is tunable in the ultraviolet (UV) by utilizing ground state neutral indium atoms as the lasing medium. A photodissociator is utilized to create a metastable indium population and a tunable dye laser is subsequently used to pump the metastable population to an intermediate level. Stimulated anti-Stokes Raman lasing occurs from this intermediate level, thereby generating anti-Stokes Raman emission at 410 nm. Since the dye laser is tunable, the Raman lasing output is tunable over a comparable range.
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