Title :
Comparison of gas lasers pumping methods in steady-state, radio-frequency and combined fields
Author :
Yatsenko, Nkolai A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Problems in Mech., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
Gas laser pumping methods with an application of radio-frequency (RF) or combined discharges are very popular in a modern laser engineering today. There are several successful constructions of gas lasers, where the active medium was created by either transverse RF capacitive or combined discharge. However in order to estimate the perspective of an application of such pumping methods we should compare them with gas laser active medium in a steady-state (DC) glow discharge. The purpose of the present work is a study of the conditions, when we can use the above mentioned gas laser pumping methods
Keywords :
gas lasers; glow discharges; high-frequency discharges; optical pumping; RF discharges; active medium; combined discharges; gas laser pumping methods; modern laser engineering; steady-state; steady-state DC glow discharge; transverse RF capacitive discharge; Electrodes; Fault location; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Plasma stability; Pump lasers; Radio frequency; Steady-state;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3895-2
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1997.630541
