Spectral Line Selection of Carbon Monoxide Lasers

Abstract

An intracavity water vapor cell was used to perform spectral line selection of carbon monoxide lasers. The technique was demonstrated with a low pressure longitudinal discharge laser operating in the cw and repetitive Q- switched modes and with an electron beam stabilized pulsed laser. The cell containing an appropriate amount of water vapor limited laser action in a vibrational band to those rotational lines having predicted high atmospheric transmittance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA002210

Entities

People

  • D. K. Rice

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Carbon Monoxide Lasers
  • Detectors
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Electron Beams
  • Electrons
  • Governments
  • High Pressure
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Monoxides
  • Spectra
  • Spectral Lines
  • Spectrometers
  • Transmittance
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene