caa a22 4500 445371552 CHVBK 20180317142948.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00340-011-4388-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00340-011-4388-4 Stimulated Raman scattering in natural crystals of SrSO4, BaSO4 and PbSO4: High-order Stokes and anti-Stokes generation withsingle-wavelength UV, visible, and near-IR excitation, aswellas cascaded up-conversion nonlinear χ (3)↔ χ (3) lasing effects under dual-wavelength picosecond collinear coherent pumping [Elektronische Daten] [A. Kaminskii, L. Bohatý, P. Becker, H. Rhee, H. Eichler, O. Lux, V. Koltashev] Orthorhombic crystals of SrSO4, BaSO4, and PbSO4, known as natural crystals celestine, barite, and anglesite, were found to be attractive χ (3)-active nonlinear optical materials. High-order Stokes and anti-Stokes picosecond generation that spans almost two octaves has been recorded with single-wavelength laser excitation in the UV, visible, and near-IR ranges. All recorded Raman induced lasing components were identified and attributed to the SRS-promoting vibration modes of the studied crystals (ω SRS≈999cm−1 for SrSO4,ω SRS≈985cm−1 for BaSO4 and ω SRS≈977cm−1 for PbSO4). Under dual-wavelength (λ f1=1.06415μm + λ f2=0.53207μm) collinear coherent picosecond pumping several new manifestations of cascaded χ (3)↔χ (3) nonlinear up-conversion lasing effects were observed in BaSO4 and SrSO4 crystals. We classify all three studied sulfate crystals as promising SRS-active materials for Raman laser frequency converters and as efficient χ (3)-crystals that efficiently generate Stokes and anti-Stokes frequency combs, which can enable experiments of ultra-short pulse syntheses. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Kaminskii A. Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia aut Bohatý L. Institute of Crystallography, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany aut Becker P. Institute of Crystallography, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany aut Rhee H. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut Eichler H. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut Lux O. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut Koltashev V. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia aut Applied Physics B Springer-Verlag 105/2(2011-11-01), 363-378 0946-2171 105:2<363 2011 105 340 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4388-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4388-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kaminskii A. Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bohatý L. Institute of Crystallography, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Becker P. Institute of Crystallography, University of Cologne, 50939, Cologne, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rhee H. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eichler H. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lux O. Institute of Optics and Atomic Physics, Technical University of Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Koltashev V. Fiber Optics Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119333, Moscow, Russia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Physics B Springer-Verlag 105/2(2011-11-01), 363-378 0946-2171 105:2<363 2011 105 340 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer