Abstract
We report what we believe to be the first demonstration of a multimode-diode-pumped gas laser: Rb vapor operating on the 795 nm resonance transition. Peak output of was obtained using a volume-Bragg-grating stabilized pump diode array. The laser’s output radiance exceeded the pump radiance by a factor greater than 2000. Power scaling (by pumping with larger diode arrays) is therefore possible.
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