NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA: Stimulated Raman scattering of picosecond pulses in SrMoO4 and Ca3(VO4)2 crystals

An express technique is proposed for the study of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in crystals excited by long trains of picosecond pulses. SRS was studied in several crystals excited by 15-ps pulses from an Nd3+:CLNGG disordered garnet laser. SRS in SrMoO4 and Ca3(VO4)2 crystals was obtained and investigated for the first time, and compared with SRS in popular SRS-active BaWO4 and KGd(WO4)2 crystals.