Transverse-pumped Cs vapor laser

B. V. Zhdanov; M. K. Shaffer; J. Sell; R. J. Knize

doi:10.1117/12.808264

19 February 2009 Transverse-pumped Cs vapor laser

B. V. Zhdanov, M. K. Shaffer, J. Sell, R. J. Knize

Proceedings Volume 7196, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications III; 71960F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808264
Event: SPIE LASE: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Scaling of alkali lasers to higher powers requires combining beams of multiple diode laser pump sources. For longitudinal pumping this can be very complicated if more than four beams are to be combined. In this paper we report a first demonstration of a transversely pumped Cs laser with fifteen laser diode arrays. The LDA pump beams were individually collimated with a beam size of about 1 x 4 cm as measured at a 1 m distance from the diodes. All these beams were incident on a cylindrical lens to be focused and coupled through the side slit of a hollow, cylindrical diffuse reflector which contained the Cs vapor cell. We measured the output power and efficiency of the Cs laser for pump powers up to 200 W at different cell temperatures. Although the values of output power and slope efficiency obtained for this laser system were less than those for a longitudinally pumped alkali laser, these recent results can be significantly improved by using a more optimal laser cavity design. The demonstrated operation of Cs laser with transverse pumping opens new possibilities in power scaling of alkali lasers.

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B. V. Zhdanov, M. K. Shaffer, J. Sell, and R. J. Knize "Transverse-pumped Cs vapor laser", Proc. SPIE 7196, High Energy/Average Power Lasers and Intense Beam Applications III, 71960F (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.808264

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Cesium

Semiconductor lasers

Reflectors

Pulsed laser operation

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