• DocumentCode
    858535
  • Title

    Energy and power considerations in injection and optically pumped lasers

  • Author

    Yariv, Amnon

  • Author_Institution
    Watkins-Johnson Company, Palo Alto, Calif.
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1963
  • Firstpage
    1723
  • Lastpage
    1731
  • Abstract
    The topics of power and energy output from lasers are treated. Both three- and four-level lasers are considered in the pulsed and continuous modes of operation. The theoretical power and energy estimates are compared, when possible, with experimental data.
  • Keywords
    Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Energy states; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1963.2684
  • Filename
    1444614