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Dependences of small-signal gain and saturation-energy intensity on laser active length, buffer-gas type, and pressure variations in gold-vapor lasers

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We measure the small-signal gain coefficient g 0 and the saturation-energy intensity E s of a gold-vapor laser by implementing an oscillator-amplifier on the base of the gold-vapor laser. The dependence of the gain and saturation properties of the laser on the length of the laser active medium, the buffer-gas pressure, and the buffer-gas type are studied. The measurements of g 0 for the amplifier for different lengths of the laser active medium (60 and 75 cm) show that with increase in the active-medium length, g 0 increases while E s, vice versa, decreases. Such behavior of g 0 and E s is observed in the whole range of changing the total pressure of buffer gas in the He-Ne mixture.

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  1. Laser & Optics Research School, Nuclear Science & Technology Research School, Atomic Organization of Iran (AEOI), North Kargar, P.O. Box 11365-8486, Tehran, Iran

    Davood Salehinia & Kamran Khorasani

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Salehinia, D., Khorasani, K. Dependences of small-signal gain and saturation-energy intensity on laser active length, buffer-gas type, and pressure variations in gold-vapor lasers. J Russ Laser Res 29, 364–367 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10946-008-9026-1

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