• DocumentCode
    1112937
  • Title

    Pulsed high-power far-infrared gas lasers: Performance and spectral survey

  • Author

    Gross, Cornelius T. ; Kiess, Joachim ; Mayer, Arnold ; Keilmann, Fritz

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    377
  • Lastpage
    384
  • Abstract
    We describe the practical performance of a pulsed mirrorless far-infrared gas laser pumped by a TEA CO2laser. The system is designed to serve as a high-power source for experiments in far-infrared nonlinear optics and saturation spectroscopy of solids. Out of numerous candidates, 11 gases were selected for a careful survey: CH3F,13CH3F, NH3, D2O, D218O, D2S, HDS, CH3Cl, CH3Br, CH3I, and CH3CN. With an available pump energy of up to 10 J, a total of 203 far-infrared lines with pulse energies up to 12 mJ were found, covering the wavelength range from 42 μm to 1.2 mm. 78 of these lines had not been observed before. The position of further 39 lines is at variance with former literature reports.
  • Keywords
    Gas lasers; Infrared lasers; Pulsed lasers; Submillimeter-wave lasers; Free electron lasers; Gas lasers; Infrared spectra; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Pump lasers; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JQE.1987.1073358
  • Filename
    1073358
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1112937