INCREASED INVERSION EFFICIENCY IN OPTICALLY PUMPED 2-LEVEL MOLECULAR-SYSTEMS

被引:7
作者
GOELA, JS
MORSE, TF
机构
[1] Physical Sciences Inc., Woburn, MA
[2] Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI
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D O I
10.1364/OL.4.000375
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
It is shown how, under certain circumstances, optically pumping an R-branch transition at high J number in a molecular gas may result in a situation in which over half of the particles are in the excited vibrational manifold. This can lead to increased gain in transitions to intermediate-lying states and increased fluorescence signal in laser-induced-fluorescence experiments. In addition, gain can also be obtained on pumping in band transitions that have frequencies smaller than the pump-laser frequency. Such an arrangement can be employed to obtain a wavelength shift. © 1979, Optical Society of America.
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页码:375 / 377
页数:3
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