Quenching in Copper.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to investigate the quenching of the 4 doublet D(3/2) - 4 doublet D(5/2) states of copper. These are the terminal states involved in the copper laser in which stimulated transitions take place from doublet P to doublet D states. The approach which was adopted involved the introduction into the copper discharge system similar to that employed in the actual laser, another atomic species with resonance states in the vicinity of the Cu states, to which excitation transfer from the doublet D states could easily take place. Such is the case with the resonance states of potassium and of cesium. The seven months over which the contract extended (December 1st 1972 to June 30th 1973) were spent in the design and construction of the experiment and in some preliminary tests of the apparatus and of the discharge. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0775183

Entities

People

  • Lucjan Krause

Organizations

  • University of Windsor

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Excitation
  • Potassium
  • Quenching
  • Resonance
  • Terminals
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition