GAIN SATURATION FLUX AND STIMULATED EMISSION CROSS SECTION FOR THE 10.6 μ LINE OF CO2
- 15 July 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 11 (2), 60-62
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1755029
Abstract
Gain saturation for the 10.6 μ transition of CO2 has been measured in a single‐pass configuration and the saturation flux found to be (22±2) W/cm2. Knowledge of the saturation flux and the inversion production rate provides an estimate of 3 × 10‐18 cm2 for the stimulated emission cross section of the transition.Keywords
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