Writing in Optics Letters, David Spence and his co-workers from Macquarie University in Australia report the first picosecond pulse, mode-locked diamond Raman laser emitting at 573 nm (ref.

have made monolithic diamond Raman lasers a commercial reality, allowing the generation of wavelengths not easily available with existing technology. In the realm of quantum applications ...

Raman spectroscopy is an analytical technique which can be used to identify the pigments used in a painting. A low powered laser is directed onto the surface of an object or painting and the light ...