Transversely Diode-Pumped Metastable Rare Gas Atoms Laser Radiation Amplifier

Abstract

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.