High power ns FIR Raman pulses in NH3 pumped by a short pulse tail-free CO2 oscillator

By using a short pulse CO₂, tail free, broadband laser it is possible to produce a compressed, high power FIR pulse in a pure Raman system when a suitable pressure and Raman cell length are used. In this way we have obtained 4ns (70KW) emission around the sR(3,0) NH₃ line pumped by 130 mJ (23ns) 9P20 CO₂ line. More resonant transitions can be also compressed at a suitable high pressure also if they show a large optical pumping and cascade processes at low pressure.