Accession Number:

ADA002210

Title:

Spectral Line Selection of Carbon Monoxide Lasers

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

NORTHROP RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER PALOS VERDES PENINSULA CA

Personal Author(s):

• Rice, D. K.

Report Date:

1974-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

An intracavity water vapor cell was used to perform spectral line selection of carbon monoxide lasers. The technique was demonstrated with a low pressure longitudinal discharge laser operating in the cw and repetitive Q- switched modes and with an electron beam stabilized pulsed laser. The cell containing an appropriate amount of water vapor limited laser action in a vibrational band to those rotational lines having predicted high atmospheric transmittance.

Descriptors:

• *CARBON MONOXIDE LASERS
• ATTENUATION
• INFRARED FILTERS
• LIGHT TRANSMISSION
• VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA
• WATER VAPOR

Subject Categories:

• Lasers and Masers
• Atomic and Molecular Physics and Spectroscopy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE