Review on diode-pumped alkali vapor laser

被引:44
作者
Gao, F. [1 ,2 ]
Chen, F. [1 ]
Xie, J. J. [1 ]
Li, D. J. [1 ]
Zhang, L. M. [1 ]
Yang, G. L. [1 ]
Guo, J. [1 ]
Guo, L. H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Changchun Inst Opt Fine Mech & Phys, State Key Lab Laser Interact Matter, Changchun 130033, Peoples R China
[2] Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
来源
OPTIK | 2013年 / 124卷 / 20期
关键词
Gas laser; Diode-pumped laser; Alkali vapor; CONTINUOUS-WAVE; CS LASER; DISCHARGE; MODEL; CW;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijleo.2013.01.061
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Diode-pumped alkali vapor lasers (DPAL) are attracted much attention during recent years for its numerous potential,applications. Development of DPAL is reviewed in this paper. The key techniques of DPAL are summarized and analyzed in detail, including the interactions between buffer gas and alkali vapor, pumping structure and power scaling magnification. Novel techniques used in DPAL are discussed, such as hydrocarbon-free DPAL and unstable cavity with transverse pumping. Blue-violet lasers by frequency doubling of DPAL are also introduced specifically. In addition, potential applications and the prospects of DPAL are concluded briefly. (c) 2013 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:4353 / 4358
页数:6
相关论文
共 48 条
[1]   End-pumped continuous-wave alkali vapor lasers: experiment, model, and power scaling [J].
Beach, RJ ;
Krupke, WE ;
Kanz, VK ;
Payne, SA ;
Dubinskii, MA ;
Merkle, LD .
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, 2004, 21 (12) :2151-2163
[2]   On stability of self-sustained volume discharge in working mixtures of non-chain electrochemical HF laser [J].
Belevtsev, A. A. ;
Kazantsev, S. Yu ;
Kononov, I. G. ;
Lebedev, A. A. ;
Podlesnykh, S. V. ;
Firsov, K. N. .
QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 2011, 41 (08) :703-708
[3]  
Brown K.C., 2011, P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS, V7915
[4]   High-power repetitively pulsed electric-discharge HF laser [J].
Bulaev, V. D. ;
Gusev, V. S. ;
Kazantsev, S. Yu ;
Kononov, I. G. ;
Lysenko, S. L. ;
Morozov, Yu B. ;
Poznyshev, A. N. ;
Firsov, K. N. .
QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 2010, 40 (07) :615-618
[5]   8.9-W continuous-wave, diode-end-pumped all-solid-state Nd:YVO4 laser operating at 914 nm [J].
Chen, F. ;
Yu, X. ;
Gao, J. ;
Li, X. D. ;
Yan, R. P. ;
Yu, J. H. ;
Zhang, Z. H. .
LASER PHYSICS, 2009, 19 (03) :389-391
[6]  
Glushko B. A., 1982, Optics and Spectroscopy, V52, P458
[7]   A three-level analytic model for alkali metal vapor lasers: part I. Narrowband optical pumping [J].
Hager, G. D. ;
Perram, G. P. .
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS, 2010, 101 (1-2) :45-56
[8]  
Hager G.D., 2008, P SOC PHOTO-OPT INS, V7005
[9]   Power enhancement of a Rubidium vapor laser with a master oscillator power amplifier [J].
Hostutler, David A. ;
Klennert, Wade L. .
OPTICS EXPRESS, 2008, 16 (11) :8050-8053
[10]   COHERENT LIGHT AMPLIFICATION IN OPTICALLY PUMPED CS VAPOR [J].
JACOBS, S ;
RABINOWITZ, P ;
GOULD, G .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1961, 7 (11) :415-+