SPECTROSCOPIC AND MICROWAVE INVESTIGATION OF LASERING PLASMAS,

Abstract

The relationship between the process of lasering, the electron gas, and the excited state populations of the active medium are studied for the noble gas lasers. Microwave signals are employed to perturb the electron gas, and resultant alteration of laser output is investigated. The effects of lasering upon the microwave propagation constant, noise radiation temperature, discharge current and spectral emission are investigated experimentally in He-Ne gas lasers, and radiative cascade patterns in noble gases are described by an idealized theoretical model.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0629925

Entities

People

  • L. A. C. Weaver
  • Lawrence S.B. Goldstein

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Gas Lasers
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Lasers
  • Microwaves
  • Noble Gases
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics