Redesign of a System to Detect Harmonic Spin-Flip Raman Scattering in Cadmium Sulfide.

Abstract

Since the development of the first laser, scientists have sought a tunable laser. Spin-flip Raman scattering is one of a number of tunable processes explored in recent years. Spin-Flip scattering is continuously tunable as the incident laser line undergoes a frequency shift that is directly proportional to the applied magnetic field. The purpose of this thesis was to detect and record harmonic Spin-Flip Raman scattering in Cadmium Sulfide. First and second Stokes and Anti-Stokes harmonics were observed. An Argon ion laser at 4880A wavelength was used to illuminate the crystal. The third harmonic Stokes line was also observed for the first time. The g-factor was calculated for the two CdS samples used.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA008664

Entities

People

  • Henry M. Woodruff Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Argon Lasers
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Ion Lasers
  • Lasers
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Raman Scattering
  • Scattering
  • Tunable Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers