High-brightness 210 μJ pulsed Raman fiber source

We report a 210 muJ pulsed high-brightness fiber source based on a cladding-pumped Raman fiber. It delivers Stokes light at 1112 nm, of 500 ns duration, 420 W peak power, and M2 1.8.

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