Aspects of High-Energy Laser Theory.
Abstract
The research which was conducted under this contract fell mainly into three categories: gain switching, infection locking, and photon statistics. In addition, some work in the foundations of radiative transport theory and spectroscopy was also performed. The use of a metastable state as the upper laser level was shown to offer the possibility of obtaining large inversions and thereby storing large amounts of energy in the lasing medium. The problem associated with this is that the linear gain which one obtains from the transition from this level to the lower laser level is quite small. The possibility of 'dumping' the energy stored in the metastable was investigated. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 31, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA115942
Entities
People
- Mark Hillery
- Marlan Scully
Organizations
- University of New Mexico