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We present the retrieval of depth-resolved temperature measurements in water using Raman LiDAR. Using a 5 m pipe of laboratory water, we recover non-homogeneous temperature profiles with a temperature accuracy ranging between 0.35°C and 0.85°C, and a position resolution of 28 cm.
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Raman spectra for a natural water sample have been comprehensively investigated as a function of temperature and salinity, and we demonstrate that temperature and salinity can be determined from Raman spectra with RMS errors consistently below ±0.2 °C and ±0.6 PSU respectively where there is variation only in one parameter. Most significantly, we have applied multivariate methods to show that both temperature and salinity can be determined simultaneously from Raman spectra with RMS errors of ±0.7 °C and ±1.4 PSU respectively, and designed a three-channel Raman spectrometer that will be used for future studies.
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A detailed investigation into the use of Raman spectroscopy for determining water temperature is presented. The temperature dependence of unpolarized Raman spectra is evaluated numerically, and methods based on linear regression are used to determine the accuracy with which temperature can be obtained from Raman spectra. These methods were also used to inform the design and predict the performance of a two-channel Raman spectrometer, which can predict the temperature of mains supply water to an accuracy of ± 0.5 °C.
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Efficient multi-Watt continuous-wave (CW) yellow emission at 586.5 nm is demonstrated through intracavity frequency-doubling of a Nd:GdVO(4) self-Raman laser pumped at 880 nm. 2.51 W of CW yellow emission with an overall diode-to-yellow conversion efficiency of 12.2% is achieved through the use of a 20 mm long Nd:GdVO(4) self-Raman crystal and an intracavity mirror which facilitates collection of yellow emission generated within the resonator, and reduces thermal loading of the laser crystal.
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Continuous-wave operation of a diode-pumped solid-state Raman laser at 1176 nm is reported. The intracavity Raman laser, based on a Nd:YAG laser crystal and a KGd(WO4)2 Raman crystal, reached threshold for 4 W of diode input power and gave up to 800 mW of output power at an overall conversion efficiency of 4%.
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We report a practical and efficient all-solid-state laser source operating at 578 nm. The source comprises a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser gain medium producing fundamental output at 1064 nm, an intracavity LiIO (3) Raman-active crystal that generates first-Stokes output at 1155 nm, and an intracavity LiB(3)O(5) frequency-doubling crystal, which frequency doubles the first-Stokes output to 578 nm. Q -switched output with as much as 1.2-W average power has been obtained; conversion efficiencies from the fundamental to the yellow as high as 33% have been obtained.
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As much as 3 W of average power at 1064 nm from a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser, Q switched at 4 kHz, was used to pump an external-resonator, crystalline Ba(NO3)2 Raman laser generating a maximum of 1.3-W output at the first Stokes wavelength of 1197 nm. The slope efficiency was 63% with respect to the fundamental power incident on the Ba(NO3)2 crystal. A reduction in the beam quality of the Stokes output from M2 approximately 1.4 at lower Stokes powers to M2 approximately 3.4 at higher powers is attributed to thermal loading of the Raman-active crystal.