Excimer Emission from Alkali Diatomic and Alkaline-Earth-Noble-Gas Molecules

Abstract

Experimental studies involving the interaction of high-power lasers with alkali and alkaline-earth atoms and molecules have been carried out. The motivation for this work has been to evaluate proposed methods for using these systems to create tunable coherent light sources in the near-infrared spectral region. In addition, much fundamental information has been obtained about these atomic and molecular systems, and on their interactions with light. The work can be divided into three areas: studies of bound-free triplet emission from alkali molecules, studies of wave mixing processes, and experiments on barium-noble-gas mixtures. In addition, several smaller projects were carried out in closely related fields. (AW)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214246

Entities

People

  • John P. Huennekens

Organizations

  • Lehigh University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Argon Lasers
  • Chemistry
  • Dye Lasers
  • Energy Transfer
  • Frequency Combs
  • Ion Lasers
  • Laser Applications
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Science
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Light Sources
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Optics
  • Refractive Index
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers