Measurement of 9.6-μ CO2 laser transition probability and optical broadening cross section

15 February 1974

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

Vol. 24 (4) , 180-181
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1655143

Abstract

Measurements of the 9.6‐ and 10.6‐μ CO2 laser transition probabilities and optical cross sections have been made by using a tuneable CO2 laser and room‐temperature absorption cell. In order to increase the accuracy of the resulting constants, two measurements, one in the combined Doppler‐and pressure‐broadened regime and one in the pure pressure‐broadened regime, provided data for the simultaneous solution of the transition rate and cross section. The 10.6‐μ results are in general agreement with previous studies and knowledge of the 9.6‐μ values permits performance predictions and quantitative use of gain data in this laser band.

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