Prospects for vapor-phase dye lasers
Abstract
This review covers the field of vapor-phase dye lasers (VPDL) with special emphasis on prospects of gas lasers with optical pumping. Some peculiarities of the gaseous active medium and a possibility to control its density near the critical point are discussed. High specific laser energies (about 0.3 J/cu cm), low thresholds, and high efficiencies (20-40 percent) made it possible to construct a powerful tunable VPDL.
- Publication:
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Applied Physics B Photophysics Laser Chemistry
- Pub Date:
- February 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ApPPL..33...63S
- Keywords:
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- Dye Lasers;
- Gas Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Optical Pumping;
- Tunable Lasers;
- Absorption Spectra;
- Laser Materials;
- Technology Assessment;
- Vapor Phases;
- Lasers and Masers