Picosecond Raman induced Stokes and anti-Stokes lasing in fine-grained Ba(Sn,Zr,Mg,Ta)O₃ crystalline ceramics with the cubic perovskite structure

We report on the first observation of the Raman induced Stokes and anti-Stokes nonlinear χ (3) -lasing in crystalline ``cubic'' Ba(Sn,Zr,Mg,Ta)O 3 ceramics of the E- and Z-types. We believe that these isotropic transparent oxide materials are also promising host-ceramics for lanthanide and transition-metal lasants.