Tunable pump laser stabilization of the optically pumped CF4 laser
Abstract
This paper reports a study of tunable laser-pump requirements for stable optically pumped CF4 operation. Using an extremely precise method of measurement, the width of the absorption feature associated with lasing was determined. The results demonstrate the feature to be extremely narrow (approximately 15 MHz in our optical configuration) and provide constraints on the tunable pump laser that must be included in the design of an efficient optically pumped laser system.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Pub Date:
- August 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1109/JQE.1982.1071678
- Bibcode:
- 1982IJQE...18.1237G
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Tetrafluoride;
- Laser Pumping;
- Laser Stability;
- Optical Pumping;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Absorption Spectra;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers