Lasers and amplifiers

Optically pumped submillimetre laser based on ethylene oxide (C₂D₄O) molecules

L. D. Fesenko, V. M. Bakumenko

Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy, Kharkov

Abstract: Lasing of ethylene oxide (C₂D₄O) molecules was achieved for the first time by optical pumping. This resulted in the emission of 26 submillimetre lines in the 244 — 1063 μm range. The submillimetre laser was pumped by a cw CO₂ laser of up to 20 W power. The results are given in the form of data on the pump lines, the corresponding submillimetre emission wavelengths, their output intensities, and their polarisation relative to the pump-radiation polarisation.

PACS: 42.55.Lt, 42.60.Jf, 33.20.Bx

Received: 11.11.1997

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1998, 28:2, 127–128

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