OBSERVATION OF NEW LASER TRANSITIONS AND SATURATION EFFECTS IN OPTICALLY PUMPED NO

Journal article

We report investigations of an NO laser employing specially profiled magnetic fields of up to 3.4T, and F2 pump laser intensities as great as 20 MW cm-2. We have observed laser oscillation at 226 nm on a rotational branch of the B'-X/it(3-11) band of NO for the first time, in addition to the previously reported oscillation at 218 nm on the B'-X/it(3-10) band. We have also observed visible laser emission on a rotational branch of the B′2Δ-B2II(3-1) band of NO. Saturation of the NO laser pulse energy with pump intensity has been observed, the total NO laser pulse energy having been increased to 490 μJ. The possibility of increasing the NO laser pulse energy towards 1 mJ per transition is discussed. © 1992 Springer-Verlag.

Authors: Hooker, S; Haxell, A; Webb, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: APPLIED PHYSICS B-PHOTOPHYSICS AND LASER CHEMISTRY
• Volume: 54
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 119-125
• Publication date: 1992-02-01
• DOI: 10.1007/BF00331883
• EISSN: 1432-0649
• ISSN: 0721-7269