Copper Vapor Laser for Nonlinear Optics

本建议书是一份购买20瓦铜蒸气激光器的请求。 这种激光器可以以几种不同的方式用于研究 非线性光学 铜蒸气激光器是氩的替代品 离子激光器，用于泵浦其他激光器，例如染料和固态激光器 激光 铜蒸气激光器具有如此高的增益， 没有任何末端反射镜， 排气中 这使得它们成为研究的理想增益介质， 非线性光学振荡器，例如相位共轭谐振器。 它们在578nm处有很强的黄色激光发射。 这使得 它们是写入高衍射效率真实的的良好激光源 时间全息图在铋硅氧化物。 此前，这一直是 使用相对昂贵的568nm黄线， 低功率氪激光器

This proposal is a request to purchase a 20 Watt copper vapor laser. Such a laser could be used in several different ways in research into nonlinear optics. Copper vapor lasers are an alternative to argon ion lasers for pumping other lasers, such as dye and solid state lasers. Copper vapor lasers have such high gain that they will lase without any end mirrors whatsoever by amplified spontaneous emission. This makes them ideal as gain media for studies of nonlinear optical oscillators such as phase conjugate resonators. They have strong laser emission in the yellow at 578nm. This makes them good laser sources for writing high diffraction efficiency real time holograms in bismuth silicon oxide. Previously, this has been done using the 568nm yellow line of the comparatively expensive and low powered Krypton laser.