Multimode-diode-pumped gas (alkali-vapor) laser
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Construction and Characterization of External Cavity Diode Lasers for Atomic Physics
Published on: April 24, 2014
Ralph H Page1, Raymond J Beach, V Keith Kanz
1Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94551-0808, USA.
Optics Letters
|February 17, 2006
Abstract:
We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of a multimode-diode-pumped gas laser: Rb vapor operating on the 795 nm D1 resonance transition. Peak output of approximately 1 W was obtained using a volume-Bragg-grating stabilized pump diode array. The laser's output radiance exceeded the pump radiance by a factor greater than 2000. Power scaling (by pumping with larger diode arrays) is therefore possible.
