Strontium vapour laser with a pulse repetition rate of up to 1 MHz

Journal Article · Tue Jan 31 04:00:00 EST 2012 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2012V042N01ABEH014752· OSTI ID:22044030

Soldatov, Anatolii N; Yudin, Nikolai A; Vasilieva, Anna V; Kolmakov, E A; Polunin, Yurii P; Kostyrya, I D

For the first time it has been shown that the pulse repetition rate of the lasers on the self-terminating transitions of metal atoms may be as high as {approx}1 MHz. The highest pulse repetition rate equal to {approx}830 kHz was realised on self-terminating IR transitions in Sr I atoms ({lambda} = 6.456 {mu}m and {approx}3 {mu}m) and in Sr II ions ({lambda} {approx} 1 {mu}m) in a strontium vapour laser operating in a self-heating pulse periodic regime. The energy yield of a Sr laser was found to be proportional to the energy input into the active medium in a wide range of excitation pulse repetition frequencies; in this case, the average total specific output laser power is equal to 30 - 40 mW cm{sup -3}. (lasers)

• OSTI ID: 22044030
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 42; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATOMS
ENERGY YIELD
EXCITATION
HEATING
IONS
KHZ RANGE
LASERS
MHZ RANGE 01-100
PERIODICITY
PULSES
STRONTIUM