Generation Of Ultrashort CO[sub]2[/sub] Pulses By Free-Induction Decay In KCl:KReO[sub]4[/sub]

R. K. Ahrenkiel; J. F. Figueira; D. Dunlavy

doi:10.1117/12.957766

13 November 1980 Generation Of Ultrashort CO₂ Pulses By Free-Induction Decay In KCl:KReO₄

R. K. Ahrenkiel, J. F. Figueira, D. Dunlavy

Proceedings Volume 0190, Los Alamos Conference on Optics 1979; (1980) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957766
Event: Los Alamos Conference on Optics '79, 1979, Los Alamos, United States

Abstract

The generation of ultrashort CO2 pulses by optical free-induction decay in KCl:KReO4 is described. Here the narrow v3 vibrational mode is coincident with the 10.6 μm, P(26) laser line. For instantaneous shuttering of the incident laser beam, pulses in the picosecond range may be produced by this material. In practice, the minimum pulse length and pulse intensity were severely limited by the breakdown time of the nitrogen plasma cell.

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R. K. Ahrenkiel, J. F. Figueira, and D. Dunlavy "Generation Of Ultrashort CO₂ Pulses By Free-Induction Decay In KCl:KReO₄", Proc. SPIE 0190, Los Alamos Conference on Optics 1979, (13 November 1980); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957766

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