Temporal characteristics of picosecond stimulated Raman scattering in oxide crystals

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Abstract
The temporal characteristics of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) under 22-ps laser excitation were studied in eight oxide crystals with a T 2 optical-phonon dephasing time variable by up to two orders of magnitude. The measured SRS pulse width was shortened from 13.8 ps for Ba(NO3)2 (T 2 = 26.5 ps) to 4 ps for the LiNbO3 (T 2 = 0.38 ps) crystal. The dependence of SRS pulse width on the dephasing time was analyzed in the framework of the known SRS theory.