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High-pressure absorption spectra of the CO/sub 2/ 10. 6- and 9. 4-. mu. m laser bands

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.325296· OSTI ID:7094239
A density matrix formulation of the interaction of radiation with bands of pressure-broadened overlapping spectral lines is described which includes the effects of interaction between neighboring lines due to collisions. A measurement of the abosrption coefficients at the centers of several lines of the 10.6- and 9.4-..mu..m bands of CO/sub 2/ for CO/sub 2/ and mixtures of CO/sub 2/ and N/sub 2/ and He at absolute pressures to 18 atm is reported. The calculated spectra of these bands are given for the two limiting forms of overlapping line theory: one which maximizes line interaction and another which neglects it, calculating the spectra as sums of Lorentzian-shaped lines. The data are shown to be in good agreement with the theory which maximizes the line interaction.
Research Organization:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
OSTI ID:
7094239
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 49:6; ISSN JAPIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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