• DocumentCode
    1082270
  • Title

    Dispersion in a laser-pumped molecular laser

  • Author

    Danly, B.G. ; Temkin, R.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    6/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    587
  • Lastpage
    589
  • Abstract
    The dispersion equations are derived for two laser fields of arbitrary intensity interacting with a homogeneously broadened, three-level molecular system. The results obtained apply to laser-pumped molecular lasers and may be used to analyze frequency pulling of the emitting laser and self-focusing or defocusing of the pump laser. The laser fields are allowed to be of arbitrary intensity and to be on or off resonance. The dispersion function for the emitting laser \\chi \´(\\omega _{s}) is evaluated in various limits. The present theory is applied to analyze previous experimental data for cavity frequency pulling in CO2laser-pumped molecular lasers, including a 385-μm D2O laser and a 496-μm CH3F laser. Good agreement is found between theory and experiment.
  • Keywords
    Gas lasers; Laser stability; Optical propagation in dispersive media; Submillimeter-wave lasers; Dispersion; Equations; Frequency; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Magnetic moments; Pump lasers; Resonance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1980.1070552
  • Filename
    1070552
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1082270