This paper will review the coupling by stimulated Raman scattering between two laser fields
and its dependence on the spectral properties of those fields. We describe the coupling in …

In its 60 years of existence, the field of nonlinear optics has gained momentum especially
over the past two decades thanks to major breakthroughs in material science and …

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 high‐power frequency conversion of a Yb‐doped fiber laser using a double‐pass
pumped external‐cavity diamond Raman oscillator. Pumping with circular polarization is …

We investigate the effects of Raman and Kerr gain in crystalline microresonators and
determine the conditions required to generate mode-locked frequency combs. We show …

Tunable open-access Fabry–Perot microcavities are versatile and widely applied in different
areas of photonics research. The open geometry of such cavities enables the flexible …

We report a pulsed mid-infrared diamond Raman laser with output tuned from 3.38 to 3.80
μm through varying the optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pump wavelength. To our …

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 …

A monolithic diamond Raman laser is reported. It utilizes a 13-mm radius of curvature lens
etched onto the diamond surface and dielectric mirror coatings to form a stable resonator …

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 …