GAIN MEASUREMENTS IN A FLUID MIXING CO2 LASER SYSTEM

15 January 1969

journal article
research article
Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters

Vol. 14 (2) , 70-72
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1652717

Abstract

Small‐signal gain coefficients for the P(18) vibration—rotation transition of CO₂ at 10.57 μ have been measured in a high‐velocity gas flow system utilizing the rapid mixing of vibrationally excited N₂ with initially unexcited CO₂. These measurements demonstrate that very high gain coefficients which are approximately independent of dimensions transverse to the flow can be realized in high‐speed flow systems.

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