Solar-powered blackbody-pumped lasers

Walter H. Christiansen; J. Marcos Sirota

doi:10.1117/12.25959

1 February 1991 Solar-powered blackbody-pumped lasers

Walter H. Christiansen, J. Marcos Sirota

Proceedings Volume 1397, 8th Intl Symp on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25959
Event: Eighth International Symposium on Gas-Flow and Chemical Lasers, 1990, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

A concept for a solar-powered laser is presented which utilizes an intermediate blackbody cavity to provide a uniform optical pumping environment for the lasant, typically CO or C02 or possibly a solid state laser medium. High power cw blackbody- pumped lasers with efficiencies on the order of 20% or more are feasible. The physical basis of this idea is reviewed. Small scale experiments using a high temperature oven as the optical pump have been carried out with gas laser mixtures. Detailed calculations showing a potential efficiency of 35% for blackbody pumped Nd:YAG system are discussed.

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Walter H. Christiansen and J. Marcos Sirota "Solar-powered blackbody-pumped lasers", Proc. SPIE 1397, 8th Intl Symp on Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers, (1 February 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.25959

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