Recent development and applications of picosecond-pulse 10 um CO2 lasers

F. K. Kneubuehl

doi:10.1117/12.2301622

1 December 1990 Recent development and applications of picosecond-pulse 10 μm CO₂ lasers

F. K. Kneubuehl

Proceedings Volume 1514, 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves; 15145W (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2301622
Event: 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 1990, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A review is given on ps-pulse OFID-10 μm-CO₂ lasers equiped with new types of plasma shutters the plasma diagnostic of these shutters amplification of the ps 10 μm pulses with a highpressure CO₂ laser amplifier the response of pyroelectric, standard and quantum-well photon-drag detectors thin-film Ni-NiO-Ni detectors submicron to these pulses as well as their analysis with Michelson autocorrelation arrangement with polycrystalline semiconductors instead of the usual single-crystal semiconductors as nonlinear media for second-harmonic generation. As a first application optical pumping of ns-pulse FIR gas-laser emissions with truncated infrared CO₂-laser pulses is reported with the emphasis on superradiance. Aspects of other applications of the ps-OFID-10 μm-CO₂ laser pulses and truncated hybrid-10 μm-CO₂ laser pulses in atmospheric and solid-state physics are discussed.

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F. K. Kneubuehl "Recent development and applications of picosecond-pulse 10 μm CO₂ lasers", Proc. SPIE 1514, 15th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 15145W (1 December 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2301622

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