Photoelectric Mixing Spectrometer.

Abstract

An instrument has been developed for observing the scattering of laser radiation from plasmas and solids by a superheterodyne detecting technique. The instrumentation involves primarily a carbon dioxide laser, beam splitters, a liquid helium cooled photoconductor, low noise amplifiers, and a synchronous detecting system. It has been applied to measurement of the scattering of 10.6 micron radiation from sound waves in KCl and to the analysis of the scattering of 10.6 micron radiation from plasmas. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0725999

Entities

People

  • Theodore Forrester

Organizations

  • University of California, Irvine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Amplifiers
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Instrumentation
  • Lasers
  • Low Noise
  • Low Noise Amplifiers
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Sound Waves
  • Spectrometers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy