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
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;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343259
