optically pumped laser

optically pumped laser

[′äp·tə·klē ¦pəmpt ′lā·zər]
(optics)
A laser that uses absorption of light from an auxiliary light source to excite electrons into an upper energy state.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Even if the researchers succeed in that task, the resulting device would be considered an optically pumped laser, which works only when an external light source stimulates it.
From silicon seeds, laser might sprout
Gould, retired and living in Kinsale, Va., also recently won a 10-year court battle to uphold his patent for an optically pumped laser amplifier (SN: 3/20/82, p.199).
The end of a long patent fight
Optically pumped lasers have been achieved from various ZnO micro/nanostructures, such as thin films [1], powders [2], microtubes [3], nano/microwires [4-6], nanobelts [7], nanonails [8], microspheres [9], and nano/microdisks [10,11] by single-photon absorption in which ZnO serves as both active gain medium and optical resonant cavity.
Investigation of the Mode Structures of Multiphoton Induced Ultraviolet Laser in a ZnO Microrod

Encyclopedia browser ?
Full browser ?