A new method for the estimation of pumping coefficient for a ruby laser
Abstract
A new, graphical method for the estimation of the pumping coefficient for a ruby laser is proposed. The pumping coefficient has been determined from the experimental data of the slope efficiency and threshold energy for a 15 cm x 0.95 cm Brewster-ended ruby laser. This has also been determined from the nonlinear relation of the threshold energy as a function of output mirror reflectivity. The coefficient, obtained from the proposed method, reasonably agrees with those obtained from existing methods.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- October 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1109/JQE.1979.1069904
- Bibcode:
- 1979IJQE...15.1083S
- Keywords:
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- Energy Conversion Efficiency;
- Population Inversion;
- Pumping;
- Ruby Lasers;
- Thresholds;
- Estimating;
- Mirrors;
- Performance Tests;
- Spectral Reflectance;
- Lasers and Masers