Power Enhancement of a Rubidium Vapor Laser With a Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (Postprint)

Abstract

A master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) with variable amplifier gain lengths was built to demonstrate power enhancement of an alkali vapor laser. A small signal gain of 0.91 / cm for two different gain lengths was observed. For a 2 cm long amplifier gain length an amplification of 7.9 dB was observed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2009
Accession Number
ADA506024

Entities

People

  • David A. Hostutler
  • Wade L. Klennert

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Alkali Metals
  • Amplification
  • Amplifiers
  • Bragg Gratings
  • Intensity
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Masers
  • Metals
  • Optics
  • Oscillators
  • Power Amplifiers
  • Rubidium

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers