Compact, high power FIR NH3 laser pumped in a three mirror CO2 laser cavity
Abstract
A compact CO2-NH3 FIR laser system where an NH3 laser cavity was inserted in pump, three mirror CO2 laser cavity was designed. The total length of this system was about 1.8 m. Output energy of about 1 mJ (⊥10 KW pea power) was obtained at the 152 μm and 90 μm lines in NH3. Power conversion efficiency of 1.7 percent was obtained at the 90 μm line.
- Publication:
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International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves
- Pub Date:
- December 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF01040506
- Bibcode:
- 1984IJIMW...5.1571H
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- Gas Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Cavities;
- Laser Pumping;
- Power Efficiency;
- Ammonia;
- Cavity Resonators;
- Far Infrared Radiation;
- Laser Outputs;
- Lasers and Masers