@inproceedings{7f654f03da634d0c826213c0daac3e99,
title = "Alkali D2 line laser optically pumped by two color free-free absorption",
abstract = "A two color pumping scheme has been demonstrated for the Rb D2 line laser (780 nm). Photoexcitation of ground state Rb-rare gas collision pairs at 760 nm (peak of Rb D2 blue satellite in Xe) and ∼794.5 nm simultaneously improves the slope efficiency of single color pumping by a factor of 1.8. Furthermore, each D2 laser photon removes 102 cm-1 of thermal energy from the laser gain medium.",
keywords = "Laser effciency, alkali lasers, optical pumping, photoassociation",
author = "Mironov, {Andrey E.} and William Goldshlag and Eden, {J. Gary}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 SPIE.; High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications IX ; Conference date: 15-02-2016 Through 16-02-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1117/12.2213548",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Davis, {Steven J.} and Heaven, {Michael C.} and Schriempf, {J. Thomas}",
booktitle = "High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications IX",
}