2018, Pavlov, S. G., Deßmann, N., Redlich, B., van der Meer, A. F. G., Abrosimov, N. V., Riemann, H., Zhukavin, R. Kh., Shastin, V. N., Hübers, H.-W.

We report on an optically pumped laser where photons are simultaneously generated by population inversion and by stimulated Raman scattering in the same active medium, namely crystalline silicon doped by bismuth (SiBi). The medium utilizes three electronic levels: ground state [|1