Fellowship in Solid State
Abstract
Experiments have demonstrated the feasibility of solid state lasers based on vibrational transitions, and point toward the possibility of new high power and tunable sources in the infrared. The great importance of V-V transfer processes in this solid state context, however, has shown that further advances will strongly depend on the understanding of the vibrational energy transfer phenomena. Other research led to the development of a new solid state high resolution spectroscopic technique which was used to investigate dynamical properties of the KI:NO2 system. This research resulted in the first demonstration that persistent IR spectral holes can be used to identify the isotope shifts of the FIR gap modes associated with NO2 in KI. By studying the isotope dependence it was determined that two of the modes are transitional while the third has a mixed translational-librational character. Solid state lasers, Lasers, Potassium iodide, Infrared diode lasers, Defect lattice systems, Infrared laser oscillation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA201608
Entities
People
- A. J. Sievers
Organizations
- Cornell Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics