Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 10, 20211105(2022)

Effect of buffer gas on gas temperature distribution and output characteristics of flowing-gas circulation cesium vapor laser

Haohua Wan1,2, Yang He1, Yanhui Ji1,2, and Fei Chen1
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Laser Interaction with Matter, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Lasers & Laser optics

    Received: Dec. 23, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 16, 2022

    Published Online: Jan. 6, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20211105

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