The advent of chirped-pulse amplification in the 1980s and femtosecond Ti: sapphire lasers
in the 1990s enabled transformative advances in intense laser–matter interaction physics …

Transient stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) of 0.3 ps 515 nm laser pulses in \rmBaWO_4
BaWO_4 crystal was experimentally demonstrated with efficiency up to ∼20\%∼ 20% for …

We demonstrate what we believe to be a new approach to energetic picosecond 10.2-µm
pulse generation based on nonlinear mixing of subnanosecond single-frequency 1338-nm …

The simple mid-IR laser source based on femtosecond Ti: Sapphire laser and successive
frequency conversion of its stretched up to 50 ps pulses in SrMoO 4 Raman-active crystal …

We experimentally carried out frequency conversion of a chirped and stretched up to 200 ps
near-IR 90 fs Ti: Sapphire laser pulse into the mid-IR through difference frequency …

A comparative study of picosecond mid-IR difference frequency generation in a wide
wavelength range of 4.6-10.8 µm in a simple down-converter based on the 8-mm long, high …

We report an experimental study of SRS of chirped 40-ps Ti: sapphire laser pulses with a
transform-limited duration of 0.35 ps and centre wavelength of 925 nm in BaWO 4 crystals …

We explore the use of room-temperature ionic liquids (ILs) as Raman wavelength
converters. ILs provide an engineerable framework to design suitable liquids for wavelength …

The laser-induced damage threshold (LIDT) was measured for<? TeX 2pc 0pt?> a Z n G e P
2 crystal exposed to 0.3–9.5 ps 1030-nm laser pulses. Single-pulse LIDT fluence was∼ 0.22 …

The frequency conversion of Ti: Sapphire laser second harmonic pulses into two-color
emission using a tandem of BaWO 4 Raman crystals was experimentally demonstrated with …