• DocumentCode
    2054340
  • Title

    Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers: History, current state and perspectives

  • Author

    Zhdanov, B.V. ; Shaffer, M.K. ; Knize, R.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Laser & Opt. Res. Center, US Air Force Acad., Usaf Academy, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a review of the most important achievements in alkali lasers development and discusses some problems existing in this field.
  • Keywords
    alkali metals; gas lasers; optical pumping; alkali lasers; diode pumping; vapor laser; Heating; Optical pumping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942447
  • Filename
    5942447