• DocumentCode
    1137157
  • Title

    Efficient Nd: YAG CW lasers using alkali additive lamps

  • Author

    Liberman, Irving ; Larson, Daniel A. ; Church, Charles H.

  • Author_Institution
    Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1969
  • fDate
    5/1/1969 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    238
  • Lastpage
    241
  • Abstract
    A potassium-mercury lamp in a sapphire envelope was constructed. Under the proper conditions of pressure and temperature the potassium resonance lines radiate efficiently at the infrared absorption lines of Nd3+in YAG. Spectral tests indicate that a threefold improvement in pumping efficiency should be obtained compared with a tungsten filament lamp. CW room-temperature laser tests result in an output of 10 watts for an input of 420 watts for a 2.4 percent overall efficiency. This compares with a 1 percent overall efficiency for the tungsten filament lamp.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Additives; Lamps; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Neodymium; Pump lasers; Resonance; Testing; Tungsten;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1969.1075762
  • Filename
    1075762
    • Link To Document
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