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A broadly tunable NH/sub 3/ raman FIR laser

Journal Article · · IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5658274
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The generation of broadly tunable FIR laser emission by pumping Raman transitions in NH/sub 3/ with 300 mJ, 50 ns duration pulses from a continuously tunable CO/sub 2/ laser is reported. FIR laser outputs up to 4 mJ and a photon conversion efficiency as high as 16 percent have been obtained.
Research Organization:
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
OSTI ID:
5658274
Journal Information:
IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States), Journal Name: IEEE J. Quant. Electron.; (United States) Vol. QE-23:11; ISSN IEJQA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING
420300* -- Engineering-- Lasers-- (-1989)
AMMONIA
CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EMISSION
GAS LASERS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LASERS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
PHOTONS
PULSE RISE TIME
PUMPING
RAMAN EFFECT
TIMING PROPERTIES
TUNING