Gain measurements and high resolution spectroscopy of the 546.1 nm atomic mercury laser transition
- 14 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
- Vol. 16 (10) , 1837-1842
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/16/10/009
Abstract
An investigation of the gain of a CW atomic mercury laser using a tunable dye laser is reported. Several isotopes are seen to be simultaneously excited and found to lase in multiple isotope mixtures. The nitrogen pressure dependence of the gain is found to be in good agreement with rate equation analyses, provided a pressure dependent loss term due to mercury dimers is taken into account. The pressure broadening of the laser transition by nitrogen has been measured to be 21.1 MHz mbar-1.Keywords
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