DocumentCode
2535386
Title
Lasing in Cs at 852.1 nm pumped by the photoexcitation of Cs-rare gas collision pairs
Author
Readle, Jason D. ; Eden, J. Gary
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
4-8 Oct. 2009
Firstpage
175
Lastpage
176
Abstract
We demonstrate the first Cs atomic laser operating at 852.1 nm pumped by photoassociating transient Cs-rare gas pairs. This scheme is well suited for high-power diode pumping and indicates that collisional relaxation is not required.
Keywords
association; atom lasers; caesium; gas lasers; inert gases; optical pumping; photochemistry; photoexcitation; Cs; atomic laser; high power diode pumping; rare gas collision pair photoexcitation; transient rare gas pair photoassociation; wavelength 852.1 nm; Absorption; Argon; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Pump lasers; Quantum well lasers; Satellites;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location
Belek-Antalya
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343259
Filename
5343259
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