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Construction and Characterization of External Cavity Diode Lasers for Atomic Physics
Published on: April 24, 2014
Laser diode array pumped continuous wave Rubidium vapor laser
B V Zhdanov1, A Stooke, G Boyadjian
1Department of Physics, Laser and Optics Research Center, 2354 Fairchild Dr., Ste. 2A31, USAF Academy, CO 80840, USA. boris.zhdanov.ctr@usafa.edu
Optics Express
|June 11, 2008
Abstract:
We have demonstrated continuous wave operation of a laser diode array pumped Rb laser with an output power of 8 Watts. A slope efficiency of 60% and a total optical efficiency of 45% were obtained with a pump power of 18 Watts. This laser can be scaled to higher powers by using multiple laser diode arrays or stacks of arrays.

