Experimental Measurement of the Specific Output Power of an Optically Pumped Rare-Gas Metastable Laser
摘要
Abstract
We report the results of measurements of the specific output power of an optically pumped rare-gas metastable laser using an argon–helium mixture. Data obtained at two different facilities at the Russian Federal Nuclear Center (VNIIEF) (136 W cm–3 at an average power of 4.5 W) and at the Samara Branch of the Lebedev Physical Institute (150 W cm–3 at a peak power of 2.1 W) experimentally confirm for the first time the existing theoretical estimates of this parameter.