Continuous wave Cs diode pumped alkali laser pumped by single emitter narrowband laser diode

B V Zhdanov; G Venus; V Smirnov; L Glebov; R J Knize

doi:10.1063/1.4926883

Continuous wave Cs diode pumped alkali laser pumped by single emitter narrowband laser diode

Rev Sci Instrum. 2015 Aug;86(8):083104. doi: 10.1063/1.4926883.

Authors

B V Zhdanov¹, G Venus², V Smirnov³, L Glebov², R J Knize¹

Affiliations

¹ Laser and Optics Research Center, US Air Force Academy, 2354 Fairchild Dr., Ste. 2A31, USAF Academy, Colorado 80840, USA.
² CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida, 4304 Scorpius St., Orlando, Florida 32816, USA.
³ OptiGrate Corporation, 562 S. Econ Cir., Oviedo, Florida 32765, USA.

PMID: 26329171
DOI: 10.1063/1.4926883

Abstract

This paper presents results of cooperative efforts on development of a continuous wave Cs diode pumped alkali laser with moderate output power, which can be considered as a prototype of the commercial device. The developed system operates at 895 nm with output power about 4 W and slope efficiency 28%. Measured turn on time of this system from the standby mode is about a minute.