Abstract This paper will review the coupling by stimulated Raman scattering between two laser fields and its dependence on the spectral properties of those fields. We describe the coupling in terms of an effective Raman gain that depends on the fields’ linewidths, the material dispersion, and specific experimental conditions. The aim is to provide an intuitive understanding of this behaviour, by presenting analytic and numerical results in both the time- and frequency-domains. We review some recent experimental results using crystalline Raman materials, to highlight why spectral effects must be taken into consideration to push crystalline Raman lasers to new extremes of performance.

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晶体中受激拉曼散射的光谱效应

摘要 本文将回顾两个激光场之间受激拉曼散射的耦合及其对这些场的光谱特性的依赖性。我们根据取决于场线宽、材料色散和特定实验条件的有效拉曼增益来描述耦合。目的是通过在时域和频域中呈现分析和数值结果，提供对这种行为的直观理解。我们回顾了最近使用晶体拉曼材料的一些实验结果，以强调为什么必须考虑光谱效应才能将晶体拉曼激光器推向新的极端性能。