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A Linearly-Polarized Rubidium Vapor Laser Pumped by a Tunable Laser Diode Array with an External Cavity of a Temperature-Controlled Volume Bragg Grating |
| LI Zhi-Yong1,2, TAN Rong-Qing1**, XU Cheng1,2, LI Lin1,2, ZHAO Zhi-Long1,2 |
1Department of High Power Gas Laser, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190
2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049
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LI Zhi-Yong, TAN Rong-Qing, XU Cheng et al 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 034202 |
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Abstract A diode pumped alkali vapor laser has advantages in high quantum efficiency, excellent beam quality, and low thermal effect. We obtain a laser diode array (LDA) with linewidth of 0.20 nm and an external cavity of volume Bragg grating (VBG). Its central wavelength can be tuned from 779.30 nm to 780.10 nm by changing the VBG's temperature. Pumped by this LDA, a 2.1 W rubidium vapor laser is achieved with optical efficiency of 10.5% and slope efficiency of 22.7%.
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Received: 07 December 2012
Published: 29 March 2013
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42.55.Lt
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(Gas lasers including excimer and metal-vapor lasers)
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42.55.Xi
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(Diode-pumped lasers)
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42.40.Eq
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(Holographic optical elements; holographic gratings)
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