DocumentCode
1121121
Title
6C3 - Efficient pulsed gas discharge lasers
Author
Walter, W.T. ; Solimene, N. ; Piltch, M. ; Gould, G.
Author_Institution
TRG Inc., Melville, NY
Volume
2
Issue
9
fYear
1966
fDate
9/1/1966 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
474
Lastpage
479
Abstract
A class of lasers which operates by cyclic excitation and relaxation in atomic vapor discharges is discussed. The required energy level structure for maximum efficiency is described. Pulsed laser action in neutral atomic copper vapor at 5105.54Å (58 dB/m, 2 kW peak power) and at 5782.13Å (42 dB/m, 0.6 kW peak power) provides experimental verification and promises high efficiency. Pulsed laser action was also observed in ionized calcium at 8542.09Å and 8662.14Å. Both have saturated gains of 58 dB/m and a total peak power output above 30 W.
Keywords
Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Copper; Discharges; Energy states; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pulsed laser deposition;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1966.1074115
Filename
1074115
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