Transversely Diode-Pumped Metastable Rare Gas Atoms Laser Radiation Amplifier
Parkhomenko A. I.1, Shalagin A. M.1
1Institute of Automation and Electrometry, Siberian BranchRussian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Email: par@iae.nsk.su, shalagin@iae.nsk.su

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A theoretical analysis of a radiation amplifier based on metastable noble gas atoms excited by laser diodes in transverse pumping mode is presented. In the case when the amplified radiation reaches a sufficiently high intensity, the original equations allow a simple analytical solution, from which all the most important characteristics of the amplifier and the optimal parameters of both the working environment and the pump radiation, which ensure the most efficient operation of the amplifier, are easily found. Keywords: laser radiation amplifier, diode pumping, inert gases, metastable atoms, collisions.
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