Optical transfer 42-atm N2O laser
- 15 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 24 (4), 182-183
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655144
Abstract
A powerful excitation technique for mixtures of molecular gases using a combination of optical pumping and resonant energy transfer is described. By using an N2O–CO2 mixture as an example, laser action in N2O at 10.5 and 10.8 μm has been achieved at total pressures up to 42 atm.Keywords
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