Continuous-wave (cw) chemically pumped lasing action from the chemical reaction
A continuous-wave combustion laser
โ Scribed by R. A. Meinzer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0538-8066
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โฆ Synopsis
Continuous-wave (cw) chemically pumped lasing action in the 3to 4-,LA wavelength region without the use of any associated electrical power has been achieved. Continuouswave lasing action in this wavelength region has been demonstrated by Spencer, Jacobs, Mirels, and Gross [l] but with the use of electrical energy to dissociate the F, . Another device which operates without the use of any electrical power is one that operates at 10.6 ,LA and was first demonstrated by Cool and Stephens [2].
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We wish to report the observation of cw laser action at 10.6 , u in CO, pumped by vibrational energy released in the chemical reaction between C1 atoms and H I molecules. Pumping of the upper CO, laser level is assumed to occur by a mechanism similar to that responsible for the pulsed laser output o
In this letter we reported a LD end-pumped high power Nd:GdVO~4~ microchip laser. With a 0.5 at.%, 1.5 mm, T = 1% Nd:GdVO~4~ crystal, 10.1 W maximum output was achieved, corresponding an optical-optical conversion efficiency of 42.3%. The pump threshold was as low as 0.21 W.