DocumentCode
2977178
Title
First demonstration of a diode-pumped gas (alkali vapor) laser
Author
Page, Ralph H. ; Beach, Raymond J. ; Kanz, V. Keith ; Krupke, William F.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
27-27 May 2005
Firstpage
467
Lastpage
469
Abstract
We report the first diode-pumped gas laser-rubidium vapor. A short cell charged with a Rb/ethane/He mixture pumped at 780 nm produced several mW in a near-confocal cavity. Issues involved in power-scaling will be discussed
Keywords
gas lasers; gas mixtures; helium; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; organic compounds; rubidium; 780 nm; He; Rb; Rb-ethane-He mixture; alkali vapor laser; diode-pumped gas laser; near-confocal cavity; power-scaled system; Atom lasers; Diodes; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical refraction; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
1-55752-795-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201815
Filename
1572881
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