STIMULATED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY IN HYDROGEN GAS.
Abstract
In most substances which exhibit the stimulated raman effect under high intensity laser excitation, the presence of self-focusing makes quantitative measurements almost impossible. It is shown that in hydrogen gas, which has a very high self-focusing threshold, the stimulated raman effect in an amplifier behaves according to the simple parametric theory. The frequency sharpening in the stimulated emission is used to make a quantitative study of the line shift of the Q(1) vibrational line of H2 as a function of pressure, temperature and foreign gas admixture. Some of these results are then used to measure the line width of the Q(1) line in a raman amplifier. Results are presented of these experiments and other cases are discussed in which the stimulated raman effect can be used to yield information about the scatterer. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0661203
Entities
People
- P. Lallemand
- P. Simova
Organizations
- Harvard University