New Strong MM FIR Emissions in CH2=CF2 Pumped by a Pulsed CO2 Laser

By pumping with a suitable pulsed CO₂ laser we have produced several strong MM laser lines in 1,1 difluoroethene. All the emissions are easily identified because the emission spectroscopy is simplified in pulsed optical pumping.     

稳频半导体激光器的温度控制技术

设计了一种用于半导体激光器稳频的恒温控制器,在室温下2h的测试时间中,测试恒温稳定度为5mK,配合稳定度为±2μA的恒流源,半导体激光器自由运行时激光频率波动稳定在100MHz范围内。     

Macroscopic Isotope Separation of 13C by a CO2 Laser

By photochemical dissociation of the rare carbon isotope component of CHClF₂ by means of a CO₂ laser with an average power of 150 W, Q-switched at 10 kHz, we have demonstrated the separation of more than 1 mol of ¹³C, enriched to 50% (2 mol of total carbon). It is contained in about 1 mol (101 g) of the product C₂F₄. The total throughput of the starting material was 29 kg. The experiment was run day and night for 2 weeks, almost only controlled by a computer. We obtained production rates of 5 mmol/h, corresponding to about 0.5 kg ¹³C per year.     

Line Narrowing of a Tunable High Pressure CO2 Laser by Means of an Improved Non-Littrow Cavity

A model is reported to foresee ,for different mirror choices, the spectral properties of a high pressure, frequency tunable, CO₂ laser, operating with a non-Littrow grating mounting. The calculations show a larger frequency selectivity for not collimated plane cavities. The model is experimentally verified in a suitable high pressure laser. In particular narrowed linewidths less than 300MHz ( FWHM) are obtained.     

半导体激光器塞曼调制稳频的实验对比研究

首先阐述了实现半导体激光器外调制锁频方案的必要性,并针对一种利用塞曼效应进行外调制稳频的实验方案,详细地阐述了其基本思想和实验原理,以及这种稳频方案相对于一般的内调制饱和吸收稳频技术在实验上的差异.本文给出的具体实验参数和实验结果表明,这种方案相对于其他方案可以获得同等好的锁频质量.不仅如此,本文还给出了塞曼调制稳频和电流调制稳频的锁定频率输出的监视对比情况,从对比结果中,我们可以清楚地看到塞曼调制稳频使得激光器锁定频率无调制输出的优越特性.     

Optoacoustic Laser Stark spectroscopy and FIR laser action on CH3Br using a waveguide CO2 laser

The optoacoustic spectrum of CH₃Br around 10 m band lines of a tunable cw waveguide CO₂ laser is investigated. Several new infrared absorptions are observed and most of the correspond ing molecular transitions are assigned. Far infra red laser action is reported by pumping with the same CO₂ laser: pump offsets are given using the Transferred Lambs dip (TLD) technique. A new FIR laser emission is obtained and assigned. An optoacoustic Laser Stark spectroscopy technique is used to investigate off resonance infrared tran sitions.     

Frequency Doubling of a Laser Diode Using a Domain-Inverted LiTaO3Waveguide with a Monolithic Bragg Reflector

We report wavelength stabilization of a laser diode using a highly efficient distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) grating formed on a LiTaO₃ quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation (QPM-SHG) device. Fabricating the second-order DBR on the LiTaO₃ waveguide, the reflectivity of 90% and FWHM wavelength bandwidth of 0.2 nm were obtained. By stabilizing the oscillation wavelength of the laser diode, 3.1 mW of blue light was generated in the QPM-SHG device with the monolithic grating.     

Control of the Radiation Parameters of a Two-Wave Repetitively Pulsed CO2 Laser

Generation dynamics of a two-wave CO₂ laser with excitation by a continuous electric discharge and with modulation of losses in one of the channels is investigated theoretically and experimentally. It is shown that by changing the frequency and depth of modulation of a variable component of losses and also the relationship between the constant components of losses one can control, over rather wide limits, the shape, duration, and peak power of radiation pulses in the active and passive channels.     

Frequency measurements of far infrared cw lasing lines in optically pumped CHCl2F

The wavelengths, frequencies, and relative polarizations of 15 FIR cw lasing lines obtained by optically pumping CHCl₂F with a cw CO₂ laser have been measured. The lines are in the wavelength range from 340.3 to 905.4 m and were pumped by P- and R-branch laser lines in the 9 m band of CO₂.Supported in part by a joint grant with the U. S. National Science Foundation grant # INT80-19014 and the Brazilian Consellio Nacional de Pesquisas (CNPq)Contribution of the U. S. Government, not subject to copyright.     

Dynamics of a Loss-Modulated, Two-Wave CO2 Laser Lasing on Lines of Different Vibrational Bands

The nonlinear dynamics of a loss-modulated, two-wave CO₂ laser lasing on vibrational–rotational lines of different vibrational bands has been investigated theoretically and experimentally. It is shown that the time and energy parameters of laser radiation can be controlled within fairly wide limits by changing the depth and frequency of modulation and the ratio between the constant components of the losses.     

注入锁定激光器的边带锁频技术稳频系统优化分析

介绍了边带锁频技术稳频方法,推导出鉴频曲线,对稳频控制过程进行了分析.建立了注入锁定激光器的边带锁频技术稳频系统理论模型,讨论了相关参量对稳频效果的影响并且进行了优化.结果表明,增加入射光强,采用窄线宽的法布里-珀罗以及对法布里-珀罗进行高准确度温控都可以增强稳频效果.提出适用于注入锁定激光器的两种稳频方案并进行比较.     

用乙炔稳频二极管-泵浦Er-Yb玻璃激光器

介绍了一种新颖的二极管-泵浦Er-Yb玻璃激光器,利用Pound-Drever-Hall技术并采用乙炔分子P（15）线对其实现了稳频。实验装置中将两个激光器的出射波长锁定到同一气室的乙炔P（15）吸收曲线的同一侧,使得温度对吸收峰值频率产生的漂移和温度导致气压变化使线宽增宽均对频率稳定性不产生影响。通过测量两个相同激光器系统间出射光波的拍频发现,激光的短期带宽窄于50kHZ,通过频率波动情况得出激光器有较高的相对频率稳定度。改进后的激光器稳定性和重复性显著提高,适合于实现高精度的光学频率标准。     

Amplitude-detuning characteristic of a CO2 laser with biharmonic loss modulation

The nonlinear response of a CO₂ laser to biharmonic loss modulation was theoretically investigated for tuning of the radiation frequency within the limits of the amplification band. It is shown that the value and form of the amplitude-detuning characteristic (and, consequently, the temporal and energy parameters of the laser radiation) can be controlled within sufficiently wide limits by changing the modulation frequency and the phase shift of oscillations. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 43–47, January–February, 1999.     

Frequency measurement of the solitary ethyl alcohol laser line

We measured the frequency, the relative polarization and the pump frequency offset of the single FIR laser line obtained by optically pumping ethyl alcohol C₂H₅OH with a cw CO₂ laser.Supported in part by a joint grant with the U.S. National Science Foundation grant # INT80-19014 and the Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas (CNPq).Contribution of the U. S. Government, not subject to copyright.     

Frequencies of cw FIR laser lines from optically pumped CH2F2

The frequencies of 48 optically pumped cw FIR CH₂F₂ laser lines have been measured relative to stabilized CO₂ lasers. Uncertainties are estimated to be about 5 parts in 10⁷.     

Remote detection of sulfur dioxide by means of a CO2 laser

The possibility of remote detection of SO₂ in the 9-μm region of the spectrum by means of a TEA CO₂ laser was theoretically and experimentally investigated with regard to the real state of the atmosphere and the contribution of background concentrations of H₂O, CO₂ and NH₃ to absorption. For sounding along short paths (2L=2 km), the method of detection of small concentrations of SO₂ (at the MPC level) with the use of the lines of the CO₂-molecule regular transitions (00^o1–02^o0 band) has been devised and experimentally tested. It is shown that in sounding along longer paths (2L=6 km), a noticeable increase in sensitivity can be achieved by the generation lines of the CO₂-molecule sequential 00^o2–02^o1 band. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 70, F. Skorina Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 508–515, July–August, 1998.     

Three-Mirror Multiple-Pass Cavity of a Transversely RF-Excited Planar Waveguide CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> Laser

A theoretical model for determining the optical losses in the three-mirror, multiple-pass cavity of a transversely rf-excited planar waveguide CO₂ laser with an exit mirror of arbitrary radius of curvature has been developed.__________Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 72, No. 2, pp. 198–201, March–April, 2005.     

二极管激光泵浦固体激光器和稳频研究

用调制法布里－珀罗干涉仪方法稳定二极管激光泵浦的ＮｄＹＶＯ４单频激光器的频率。在锁定情形下，激光频从自由运行慢漂移１．４３ＭＨｚ／ｓ和抖动±２．５ＭＨｚ分别改善到７５．７５ｋＨｚ／ｓ和±１ＭＨｚ     

Design and operation characteristics of a high power transverse flow pulser sustained cw CO2 laser

A transverse flow, transverse discharge cw CO₂ laser in which de discharge is sustained by employing high repetition rate high voltage pulses has been developed. Pulser sustained discharge through electrodes of innovative design provided uniform excitation at electrical input power densities more than 10 W/cc. Laser output power more than 2.5 kW was obtained in a laser gas mixture consisting of 0.5 mbar of CO₂, 16 mbar of N₂ and 38.5 mbar of He. Design details and operational characteristics of this laser are presented.     

Nonlinear dynamics of the dual-wavelength CO2 laser

Theoretical studies have been made of the nonlinear-dynamic modes of operation of a dual-wavelength CO₂ laser with continuous pumping by electric discharge and loss modulation in one of the lasing channels. It is shown that by varying the modulation depth and frequency, it is possible to control, over a fairly wide range, the time and energy parameters of lasing in both channels, going from regular to chaotic modes of operation. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 67, No. 3, pp. 316–321, May–June, 2000.