Experiments on gas-phase optically pumped infrared lasers

Harold C. Miller; Gordon D. Hager

doi:10.1117/12.204957

31 March 1995 Experiments on gas-phase optically pumped infrared lasers

Harold C. Miller, Gordon D. Hager

Proceedings Volume 2502, Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204957
Event: Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, 1994, Friedrichshafen, Germany

Abstract

Population inversions in small gas-phase molecules are produced by optical pumping of vibrational overtone transitions. Efficient frequency down conversion of the pump radiation is obtained by lasing on the inverted transitions. The performance of the lasers is governed by kinetic relaxation and energy exchange processes. The effect of these processes on the ultimate scalability of this class of laser will be discussed.

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Harold C. Miller and Gordon D. Hager "Experiments on gas-phase optically pumped infrared lasers", Proc. SPIE 2502, Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers: Tenth International Symposium, (31 March 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.204957

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