Performance and spectral tuning of optically overtone pumped molecular lasers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 488-498

  Ratanavis, Amarin ^a   Campbell, Neil ^a   Nampoothiri, A V Vasudevan ^a   Rudolph, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas lasers; Laser radar; Lasers; Optical pumping

Indexed keywords

BUFFER GAS; CONTINUOUS-WAVES; CW LASING; ENERGY REDISTRIBUTIONS; FREQUENCY-TUNING; HBR-LASERS; HEAT DISSIPATIONS; INTRA-CAVITY FILTERS; KINETIC RATES; LASER MODELS; LASER OUTPUT POWER; LASER OUTPUTS; LASER RADAR; LINE BROADENING; MOLECULAR LASERS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; OUTPUT POWER LEVELS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURES; PUMP PULSE; ROTATIONAL LEVELS; SPECTRAL NARROWING; SPECTRAL TUNING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TRANSLATIONAL DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; VIBRATIONAL LEVELS; VIBRATIONAL STATE;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ENERGY TRANSFER; GAS LASERS; GASES; LASERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RADAR; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPS; THERMOANALYSIS; TUNING;

OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS;

EID: 65149104632     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013095     Document Type: Article

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