Journal article
Efficient NH(3) laser operation in the 1 6- to 21 -microm region.
Abstract
An optically pumped NH(3) laser is simultaneously pumped by two pulsed CO(2) lasers operating on the 9R(30) and 9R(24) transitions. Inversion is created in the NH(3) 2v(2)-to-v(2) band, and line-tunable radiation is generated in the 16- to 21-microm region. The maximum pulse energy observed is 100 mJ, with a photon conversion efficiency from 9 to 18 microm of approximately 14%.
Authors
White JD; Reid J
Journal
Applied Optics, Vol. 32, No. 12, pp. 2053–2057
Publisher
Optica Publishing Group
Publication Date
April 20, 1993
DOI
10.1364/ao.32.002053
ISSN
1559-128X