Applied Physics Letters

Tunable Spin-Flip Raman Laser at Magnetic Field as Low as 400 G

C. Kumar N. Patel

Published Nov 15, 1971• 45 citations

Abstract

We report the first operation of a tunable cw spin-flip Raman laser at magnetic fields as low as 400 G. We also report the first observation of a tunable cw anti-Stokes spin-flip Raman (SFR) laser. These results should allow the SFR lasers to be operated with small electromagnets rather than the superconducting solenoids used heretofore.

DOI: 10.1063/1.1653746

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