INVESTIGATIONS OF A SODIUM-MERCURY METAL VAPOR LASER.
Abstract
While many gaseous lasers have been developed using noble gases, relatively few gaseous lasers have been developed which operate on metallic vapors, perhaps because of the technical difficulties involved. Much of the basic research into metallic energy level systems and their interactions with other systems has been done long ago by the early spectroscopists. Their findings need only to be reappraised in the light of laser theory to be useful. It is shown that the 'technical difficulties' involved in metallic vapor systems can probably be overcome with careful equipment design.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0617950
Entities
People
- Clinton Tucker Meneely
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology