CW ultraviolet and visible laser action from ionized silver in an electron beam generated plasma

Author

Wernsman, B. ; Rocca, J.J. ; Mancini, H.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

1990

Firstpage

12

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Continuous wave laser oscillation was obtained in the 318.1-nm and the 478.8-nm lines of Ag(II) in a neon-silver vapor mixture excited by glow discharge electron beams. Laser output powers of 14 and 60 mW were obtained in the ultraviolet and blue transitions, respectively, using nonoptimized optical cavities. The use of neon as a buffer gas significantly increases the number of possible laser lines that might be obtained with this type of excitation by means of selective energy transfer processes involving quasi-resonant collisions.<>

Keywords

glow discharges; ion lasers; laser transitions; silver; 14 mW; 318.1 nm; 478.8 nm; 60 mW; Ag; Ag II; CW UV laser action; Ne-Ag vapour mixture; blue transitions; buffer gas; electron beam generated plasma; glow discharge electron beams; laser oscillation; laser output powers; nonoptimized optical cavities; quasi-resonant collisions; selective energy transfer processes; visible laser action; Electron beams; Electron optics; Gas lasers; Glow discharges; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical buffering; Power generation; Power lasers; Silver;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.47026

Filename

47026