Title :
Influence of the metastable level density on the performance of elemental copper vapor laser
Author_Institution :
Tomsk Polytech. Univ., Russia
Abstract :
The copper vapor laser is one of a number of electric discharge excited metal vapor lasers that are characterized by laser transitions from an excited state to a low-lying metastable state. These self-terminating lasers typically produce light pulses that are tens of nanoseconds long at visible wavelengths
Keywords :
copper; discharges (electric); gas lasers; laser transitions; metastable states; 510.6 nm; 578.2 nm; Cu; electric discharge excited metal vapor lasers; elemental copper vapor laser; excited state; laser transitions; light pulses; low-lying metastable state; metastable level density; nanoseconds; self-terminating lasers; visible wavelengths; Circuits; Copper; Electrons; Gas lasers; Kinetic theory; Laser modes; Metastasis; Optical pulse shaping; Plasma density; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Modern Techniques and Technology, 2001. MTT 2001. Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference of Students, Post-graduates and Young Scientists
Conference_Location :
Tomsk
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6346-9
DOI :
10.1109/MTT.2001.983719
