Molecular Laser Study, Three to Five Microns

Abstract

The purpose of this program is to study and further characterize the 8.03 micron laser in an effort to determine the importance of resonant energy transfer from vibrationally excited H2, and to investigate the possibility of obtaining other laser lines from C2H2 in the three to five micron wavelength range. If resonant energy transfer were effective in populating the upper laser level, gases other than acetylene are to be considered. NH3, CH4, and H2O were substituted for C2H2 in the discharge in an effort to find other lasing transitions in the three to five micron range.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1971
Accession Number
AD0729693

Entities

People

  • Bernard G. Huth

Organizations

  • International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy
  • Energy Levels
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equations
  • Flow Rate
  • Ground State
  • Ionization Potentials
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Molecular Lasers
  • Partial Pressure
  • Peak Power

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers