End-pumped continuous-wave alkali vapor lasers: Experiment, model, and power scaling

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2151-2163

  Beach, Raymond J ^a   Krupke, William F ^a   Kanz, V Keith ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Dubinskii, Mark A ^b   Merkle, Larry D ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUMPING (LASER); RUBIDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS; VAPORS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE ALKALI VAPOR LASERS; LASER OPERATIONS; LASER SYSTEMS; POTENTIAL EFFICIENCY; PUMP EXCITATION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 11244349099     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.21.002151     Document Type: Article

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