A blackbody radiation-pumped CO2 laser experiment
Abstract
Thermal radiation from a high temperature oven was used as an optical pump to achieve lasing from CO2 mixtures. Laser output as a function of blackbody temperature and gas conditions is described. This achievement represents the first blackbody cavity pumped laser and has potential for solar pumping.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8310420C
- Keywords:
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- Black Body Radiation;
- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Laser Pumping;
- Cavities;
- Ovens;
- Radiation Absorption;
- Solar Radiation;
- Lasers and Masers