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First observations of stimulated emission and of stimulated Raman scattering in acentric cubic Nd³⁺:Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ crystals

A. A. Kaminskii^a, S. N. Bagayev^b, S. J. Garsia^c, H. J. Eichler^d, J. Fernandez^e, D. Jaque^c, J. Findeisen^d, R. Balda^e, R. F. Agullo<sup>f

a</sup> Institute of Cristallography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk
^c Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
^d Optical Institute,Technical University of Berlin, Germany
^e Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
^f Institute of Materials Science of Madrid, Cantoblanca, Spain

Abstract: Laser action (in the ⁴F_3/2 – ⁴I_11/2 channel) and stimulated Raman scattering were excited for the first time in an Nd³⁺:Bi₁₂SiO₂₀ single crystal at room temperature. All the observed stimulated emission and multiple Stokes and anti-Stokes lines were identified.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.65.Es, 42.70.Hj, 42.70.Mp

Received: 05.11.1998

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1999, 29:1, 6–8

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