@article {Perez:20,
	title = {Efficient all-solid-state passively Q-switched SWIR Tm:YAP/KGW Raman laser},
	journal = {Opt. Lett.},
	volume = {45},
	number = {19},
	year = {2020},
	month = {Oct},
	pages = {5409{\textendash}5412},
	publisher = {OSA},
	abstract = {We present an all-passive efficient KGW Raman laser with an external-cavity configuration in the 2 {\textmu}m spectral regime. The Raman laser was pumped by a passively Q-switched Tm:YAP laser emitting at 1935 nm. Due to the bi-axial properties of the KGW crystal, the laser exhibits stimulated Raman emission at two separate spectral lines: 2272 nm and 2343 nm. The output energies achieved at these two lines are 340 {\textmu}J/pulse and 450 {\textmu}J/pulse, accordingly. The seed to Raman laser conversion efficiencies achieved of 19.2\% and 23.5\%, respectively, are comparable to actively Q-switched laser arrangements. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time an efficient Raman laser in the 2 {\textmu}m regime is demonstrated in a completely passive configuration.},
	keywords = {Fiber lasers, Laser beams, Laser energy, Laser sources, Raman lasers, Solid state lasers},
	doi = {10.1364/OL.401833},
	url = {http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-45-19-5409},
	author = {Perez, Eytan and Uzziel Sheintop and Rotem Nahear and Marcus, Gilad and Salman Noach}
}
