The Gain Of The Optically Pumped Copper-Vapor Laser

Nackchin Sung; Jin Joong Kim

doi:10.1117/12.951236

1 June 1989 The Gain Of The Optically Pumped Copper-Vapor Laser

Nackchin Sung, Jin Joong Kim

Proceedings Volume 1041, Metal Vapor Laser Technology and Applications; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951236
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The gain of the optically pumped copper vapor laser (OP-CVL) has been measured using a tunable dye laser. A maximum gain of 2.96 cm^-1 was obtained for the green laser. This is more than ten times larger than the gain measured in a conventional longitudinal discharge copper vapor laser. It is found that the gains for the green and yellow lasers are both a linear function of temperature. Fine-structure mixing induced by collisions has been also studied and it affects the laser behavior considerably.

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Nackchin Sung and Jin Joong Kim "The Gain Of The Optically Pumped Copper-Vapor Laser", Proc. SPIE 1041, Metal Vapor Laser Technology and Applications, (1 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.951236

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