New class of cw high-power diode-pumped alkali lasers (DPALs)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5448, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 7-17

  Krupke, William F ^a   Beach, Raymond J ^a   Kanz, V Keith ^a   Payne, Stephen A ^a   Early, James T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali; Cesium; Diode; Laser; Potassium; Pumping; Rubidium; Vapor

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; CESIUM; POTASSIUM; PUMPING (LASER); RESONANCE; RUBIDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SOLID STATE LASERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ALKALI; DIODE; LASER; PUMPING; VAPOR;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 11844302273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.547954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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