Resonant peak in detuning curve of ionic anti-Stokes Raman laser

Author

Babin, S.A. ; Kablukov, S.I. ; Khorev, S.V. ; Podivilov, E.V. ; Potapov, V.V. ; Stepanov, M.G. ; Shapiro, D.A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Autom. & Electrometry, Novosibirsk, Russia

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. A CW anti-Stokes Raman laser (ASRL) in ionic system enables up-conversion of high efficiency and large frequency shift. In a /spl Lambda/-system, the pump radiation of frequency /spl omega//sub p/ is converted into a Raman laser output of frequency /spl omega/ in the process of resonant interaction with ionic levels. Various schemes in ArII system with a metastable start level n and a short-lived final level l have been studied previously . Here we report on realization of ASRL in ArII system with long-lived final level 4s´/sup 2/D/sub 5/2/ having a lifetime comparable with that for start metastable level 3d´/sup 2/G/sub 9/2/.

Keywords

Raman lasers; argon; ion lasers; laser transitions; laser tuning; metastable states; optical pumping; 3d´/sup 2/G/sub 9/2/; 4s´/sup 2/D/sub 5/2/; Ar; ArII system; CW anti-Stokes Raman laser; Raman laser output; detuning curve; frequency up-conversion; high efficiency; ionic anti-Stokes Raman laser; ionic levels; large frequency shift; long-lived final level; metastable start level; resonant interaction; resonant peak; short-lived final level; start metastable level; Atomic measurements; Automation; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Metastasis; Plasma waves; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 International

Conference_Location

Nice, France

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6318-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.2000.908179

Filename

908179