Title :
Optically pumped atomic thulium lasers
Author :
White, J.C. ; Bokor, J. ; Henderson, D.
Author_Institution :
Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fDate :
3/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A thulium vapor column is irradiated with the fourth harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser at 266 nm. The near coincidence with a dipole allowed transition from ground state results in efficient optical pumping yielding 87 simultaneous superfluorescent laser transitions from 300 to 900 nm. Many of the emissions are due to inversions to the ground state of both neutral and singly ionized Tm atoms.
Keywords :
Gas lasers; Rare-earth materials/devices; Atom lasers; Atom optics; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Resonance; Stationary state;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1982.1071533
