Short Intense Submillimeter Pulse Generation.

Abstract

The use of a mode-locked CO2 laser for an optically pumped near millimeter wave source has been refined and extended to the genertion of pulses form C(13)H3F at 1.22mm. More refined theoretical estimates illustrate the transient nature of the conversion process in both space and time and set approximate limits on the ultimate pulse duration to be about one-half that of the pump. The implications are that one is not limited by the intrinsic linewidth in producting short pulse and that significant conversion may occur in modest distances, of order meters, suggesting quasi-compact sources for further experiments. (Author)

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA087421

Entities

People

  • Thomas A. Detemple

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acousto-Optic Modulators
  • Bessel Functions
  • Carbon Dioxide Lasers
  • Cells
  • Conversion
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Energy Levels
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Intensity
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Military Research
  • Optical Pumping
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Steady State

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • 5G
  • Directed Energy
  • Space