Spectral line selection of carbon monoxide lasers
Abstract
An intracavity water vapor cell was used to perform spectral line selection of carbon monoxide lasers. The technique was demonstrated with a low pressure longitudinal discharge laser operating in the CW and repetitive Q-switched modes and with an electron beam stabilized pulsed laser. The cell containing an appropriate amount of water vapor limited laser action in a vibrational band to those rotational lines having predicted high atmospheric transmittance.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974STIN...7519675R
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Monoxide Lasers;
- Line Spectra;
- Light Transmission;
- Vibrational Spectra;
- Water Vapor;
- Lasers and Masers