Abstract

Studies of rotational stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in para-H₂, in a multipass cell (MFC) with a 10.3-µm CO₂ pump laser and a 16.2-µm optical parametric oscillator Stokes input beam have been reported.¹ A theoretical model, which includes pump depletion and transiency, has led to excellent agreement with the observed temporal pulse shapes of the depleted pump beam as the intensity is varied.²

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