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3.4 Ion lasers and metal vapor lasers

Chapter Concepts

Properties beam quality; fluorescence efficiency; inversion density; population density; pulse duration; pump power density; small-signal gain; specific output power; spontaneous emission losses
Keywords Einstein coefficient; radiative decay
Main Subjects Ion lasers and metal vapor lasers
Substrates gas laser

Table of Contents:

  • Ion lasers and metal vapor lasers
    • Introduction
    • Properties of gas discharge laser media
    • Noble gas ion lasers
      • Excitation mechanism
      • Operating characteristics
        • Neutral gas depletion
        • Axial gas pumping
        • Transition regions
        • Magnetic fields
        • Summary of operation parameters
    • Helium metal ion lasers
      • Excitation mechanism
      • Operating characteristic of the continuous He-Cd laser
    • Self-terminating metal vapor lasers
      • Excitation mechanism
      • Operating characteristics
    • References for 3.4

Source

Title

3.4 Ion lasers and metal vapor lasers
In

3 Gas lasers
Author W. Seelig
Affiliation
Institut für angewandte Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
Part of Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies
Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology
Volume

11: Laser Systems, Part 1
Edited by G. Herziger, H. Weber, R. Poprawe
Chapter-DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-44821-1_6
Book-DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-44821-1 (Volume in Bookshelf)

Cite as

RIS-Export Seelig, W.: 3.4 Ion lasers and metal vapor lasers. Herziger, G., Weber, H., Poprawe, R. (ed.). SpringerMaterials - The Landolt-Börnstein Database (http://www.springermaterials.com). Springer-Verlag, 2007. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-44821-1_6

Abstract

3.4 Ion lasers and metal vapor lasers in '3 Gas lasers', part of 'Landolt-Börnstein - Group VIII Advanced Materials and Technologies: Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology, Volume 11: Laser Systems, Part 1'.
This document is part of Subvolume B ‘Laser Systems’, Part 1 of Volume 1 ‘Laser Physics and Applications’ of Landolt-Börnstein Group VIII ‘Advanced Materials and Technologies’. It contains: 3.4.1 Introduction 3.4.2 Properties of gas discharge laser media 3.4.3 Noble gas ion lasers 3.4.3.1 Excitation mechanism 3.4.3.2 Operating characteristics 3.4.3.2.1 Neutral gas depletion 3.4.3.2.2 Axial gas pumping 3.4.3.2.3 Transition regions 3.4.3.2.4 Magnetic fields 3.4.3.2.5 Summary of operation parameters 3.4.4 Helium metal ion lasers 3.4.4.1 Excitation mechanism 3.4.4.2 Operating characteristic of the continuous He-Cd laser 3.4.5 Self-terminating metal vapor lasers 3.4.5.1 Excitation mechanism 3.4.5.2 Operating characteristics References for 3.4