Abstract

We have obtained nearly 1 J of blue-green radiation in 60-nsec pulses by Raman shifting an injection-locked XeCl laser in Pb vapor. The measured 50% Raman energy conversion has been observed in both oscillator and oscillator–amplifier experiments. These results indicate that an XeCl/Pb blue-green laser efficiency of >1.4% should be possible.

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