Applied Physics Letters · 1973 · 24 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesChemistryPhysicsMolecular PhysicsOpticsSpectroscopyLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsLaser SpectroscopyNitrogen OxidesNitrogen Oxides ChemistryNonlinear OpticsGas LasersLaser Gain MaterialsLinear MoleculesPumping
Laser action at 10.8 μm has been obtained in pure N2O gas at pressures up to 270 Torr by optically pumping with the 4.465-μm line of a TEA HBr laser. Possible extension of this pumping technique to other linear three-atomic molecules and molecules with a linear three-atomic skeletal is discussed.
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CW LASER ACTION IN N2O (N2–N2O SYSTEM)
C. K. N. Patel · Applied Physics Letters · 1965 · 52 citations
Optically pumped atmospheric-pressure CO2 laser
T. Y. Chang, O. R. Wood · Applied Physics Letters · 1972 · 39 citations