1-W transversely diode-pumped metastable Ar* laser

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A. A. Adamenkov, Yu. A. Adamenkov, M. V. Volkov, B. A. Vyskubenko, S. G. Garanin, M. A. Gorbunov, A. P. Domazhirov, M. V. Egorushen, A. A. Kalacheva, Yu. V. Kolobyanin, N. A. Konkina, A. A. Khlebnikov, V. A. Shaidulina, F. A. Starikov

Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Federal Nuclear Center — All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics”, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod region

Abstract: We report the results of experiments on a laboratory model of an optically pumped inert-gas mixture laser. Under conditions of transverse pumping, the output power of the metastable Ar* laser is 1 W. In experiments, use is made of a working mixture of 98% He + 2% Ar.
Keywords: inert gas laser, optical pumping, metastable atoms, lasing.

Received: 17.05.2022