A theoretical study of the emission of a CO2 laser in the 4.3-micron region
Abstract
The conditions necessary for obtaining high-power emission at 4.2-4.4 microns in a CO2 laser with combined excitation (an electric discharge combined with 'dumping' emission in the second band of the sequence) are determined. It is shown that the highest emission power and energy can be achieved when the dumping and lasing emissions are coupled through a common rotational sublevel. It is estimated that under experimentally feasible excitation conditions, the energy output at 4.3 microns can be as high as 200 mJ/1.
- Publication:
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Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii
- Pub Date:
- September 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ZhPS...41..408I
- Keywords:
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- Carbon Dioxide Lasers;
- High Power Lasers;
- Infrared Lasers;
- Laser Outputs;
- Gas Mixtures;
- Lasing;
- Photons;
- Lasers and Masers