Optical and infrared lasers
Abstract
Quantum mechanical predictions for the gain of an optically pumped CW FIR laser are presented for cases in which one or both of the pump and FIR transitions are pressure or Doppler broadened. The results are compared to those based on the rate equation model. Some of the quantum mechanical predictions are verified in CH3OH.
- Publication:
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Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Report
- Pub Date:
- August 1978
- Bibcode:
- 1978mit..reptS....J
- Keywords:
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- Doppler Effect;
- Far Infrared Radiation;
- Laser Pumping;
- Lasers;
- Power Gain;
- Quantum Mechanics;
- Continuous Wave Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Optical Pumping;
- Performance Prediction;
- Pressure Effects;
- Wave Amplification;
- Lasers and Masers