28W average power hydrocarbon-free rubidium diode pumped alkali laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1444-1449

  Zweiback, Jason ^a   Krupke, William F ^b  

^a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc   (United States)

^b WFK Lasers LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIODES; HELIUM; HYDROCARBONS; PUMPS; RUBIDIUM;

ALKALI LASERS; AVERAGE POWER; BUFFER GAS; CONDUCTIVE SURFACES; DIODE-PUMPED; HIGH-POWER; LASER DIODE STACK; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PUMP LIGHT; SCALABLE ARCHITECTURES; VOLUME BRAGG GRATINGS;

PUMPING (LASER);

ALKALI; HYDROCARBON; RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; SOLID STATE LASER;

ALKALIES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; RUBIDIUM;

EID: 75249085513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001444     Document Type: Article

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