Gas temperature dependent output of the atomic argon and xenon lasers

Author

Hebner, Gregory A.

Author_Institution

Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA

Volume

31

Issue

9

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1626

Lastpage

1631

Abstract

Laser power and energy have been measured for the transitions at 1.73 and 2.03 μm in atomic xenon, and 1.27 and 1.79 μm in atomic argon, for gas temperatures between 290-585 K. Nuclear excitation using ²³⁵U fission-fragments provided pump powers between 2-10 W/cm ³. Peak laser output in xenon was independent of gas temperature below 400 K. Laser output at 1.79 μm in argon decreased monotonically with increasing gas temperature while the 1.27 μm laser output was independent of gas temperature below 380 K. In all cases, the laser threshold increased as the gas temperature increased

Keywords

argon; gas lasers; laser beams; laser transitions; nuclear pumped lasers; xenon; 1.27 mum; 1.73 mum; 1.79 mum; 2.03 mum; 290 to 585 K; 380 K; 400 K; ²³⁵U fission-fragments; Ar; Xe; gas temperatures; laser energy; laser output; laser power; laser threshold; nuclear excitation; peak laser output; pump powers; transitions; Argon; Atom lasers; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Pump lasers; Temperature dependence; Xenon;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.406374

Filename

406374