Ultrashort superradiant 496 um-cluf-laser emissions optically pumped by truncated hybrid-10 um-CO2-laserpulses

D. P. Scherrer

doi:10.1117/12.2301591

1 December 1990 Ultrashort superradiant 496 μm-CH₃F-laser emissions optically pumped by truncated hybrid-10 μm-CO₂-laserpulses

D. P. Scherrer

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Proceedings Volume 1514, 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves; 151451 (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2301591
Event: 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

We have investigated the generation of superradiant far-infrared 496 μm CH₃F pulses and produced for the first time 373 μm CH₃CN superradiant pulses obtained by pumping with pulses from a hybrid 10 μm CO₂ laser which are truncated by a plasma shutter of new design. Superradiance is confirmed by measurement of the pressure dependence on intensity, width and delay versus the pump pulse. We have observed pulse durations well under the limit of the inverse linewidth of the transition and obtained pulses as short as 3 ns in comparison to 14 ns previously reported by others.

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D. P. Scherrer "Ultrashort superradiant 496 μm-CH₃F-laser emissions optically pumped by truncated hybrid-10 μm-CO₂-laserpulses", Proc. SPIE 1514, 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 151451 (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2301591

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