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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Observing the Continuous Transformation of a Four Level Laser into a Two Level System

J. Darby Hewitt, Jason D. Readle, James Gary Eden

Published Jan 1, 2011• 0 citations
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Abstract

Pumping the Cs 852.1nm laser by photoassociating Cs-rare gas atomic pairs allows one to observe a four-level system morph into a two-level system. This occurs when the state 3-state 2 energy defect falls below ~2kT/3.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2011.cmh3

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