COHERENT LIGHT TRANSMITTER.
Abstract
The nuclear-pumped laser could, in theory, provide a small, efficient source of coherent optical radiation capable of many years of untended operation. The main deterrent to its realization is existence of the laser cutoff effect: quenching of laser action by high energy radiation. An hypothesis based on electron-induced superradiance is in agreement with the experiment. A low threshold laser material, YAG:Cr-Nd, has been found to resist this effect up to doses of 960 rads. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0658858
Entities
People
- V. E. Derr