Application of Gas Lasers to Studies of Fundamental Molecular and Atomic Processes

Abstract

Molecular excitation and relaxation mechanisms are under investigation by a number of techniques. A fluorescence technique for observation of coherent inversion of optical transitions has been used to study relaxation in CO2. Studies of excitation and relaxation processes in transverse and longitudinally excited HF lasers are in progress and results on a transverse room temperature CO laser are also reported. Studies of the pressure broadening and shift of several CO2 transitions are in progress using a standing wave saturation resonance technique.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 12, 1971
Accession Number
AD0724167

Entities

People

  • Ali Javan

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Carbon Monoxide Lasers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Frequency Combs
  • Gas Lasers
  • High Pressure
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Resonators
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Masers
  • Measurement
  • Molecules
  • Resonance
  • Spectra
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers